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chlo·ro·form
I. \ˈklōrəˌfȯrm, -lȯr-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French chloroforme, from chlor- + -forme (from formyle formyl); from its having been regarded as a trichloride of this radical
: a colorless volatile heavy toxic liquid CHCl3 of ethereal odor and sweetish taste made usually by chlorination and oxidation of acetone or by chlorination of methane or methyl chloride and used chiefly as a solvent and especially formerly as a general anesthetic or as a carminative and anodyne; trichloro-methane
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to treat with chloroform or to place under its influence especially so as to produce insensibility or anesthesia; also : to kill with chloroform |