an anaesthetic and sedative composed of chloral and glucose, also used as a preparation to kill birds and rodents
chloralose in American English
(ˈklɔrəˌlous, ˈklour-)
noun
a crystalline compound, C8H11Cl3O6, used as an animal anesthetic and bird repellent
Also called: glucochlorose
Word origin
[1890–95; chloral + -ose2]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blip, masochism, phoneme, pogey, wireless-ose is a suffix used in chemical terminology to form the names of sugars and other carbohydrates(amylose; fructose; hexose; lactose), and of protein derivatives (proteose)