bromoform
noun
bro·mo·form
plural -s
: a colorless heavy liquid compound CHBr3 that is similar to chloroform in properties and methods of preparation and is used chiefly in separating minerals (as in assaying) and in organic synthesis; tribromo-methane
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French bromoforme, from bromo- bromo- + -forme (in chloroforme chloroform entry 1)