chloroform

chlo·ro·form  (klôr-fôrm, klr-)

n.

A clear, colorless, heavy, sweet-smelling liquid, CHCl₃, used in refrigerants, propellants, and resins, as a solvent, and sometimes as an anesthetic. Chloroform, once widely used in human and veterinary surgery, has generally been replaced by less toxic, more easily controlled agents.

tr.v. chlo·ro·formed, chlo·ro·form·ing, chlo·ro·forms

1. To treat with chloroform to anesthetize, render unconscious, or kill.

2. To apply chloroform to.

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[chloro- + form(yl).]

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chloroform [ˈklɔːrəˌfɔːm]

n

(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a heavy volatile liquid with a sweet taste and odour, used as a solvent and cleansing agent and in refrigerants: formerly used as an inhalation anaesthetic. Formula: CHCl₃ Systematic name trichloromethane

[from chloro- + form(yl) (in an obsolete sense that applied to a CH radical)]

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chloroform  (klôr-fôrm)

A colorless, toxic, sweet-tasting liquid formed by combining methane with chlorine. It is used as a solvent and was once widely used as an anesthetic. Chemical formula: CHCl₃.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chloroform - a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic; "chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic" trichloromethane inhalation anaesthetic, inhalation anesthetic, inhalation general anaesthetic, inhalation general anesthetic - a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled haloform - compounds with the formula CHX3, where X is a halogen atom
Verb	1.	chloroform - anesthetize with chloroform; "Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them" anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put under, put out - administer an anesthetic drug to; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth"

Translations

chloroform [ˈklɒrəfɔːm]

A. N → cloroformo m

B. VT → cloroformizar, cloroformar(LAm)

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chloroform [ˈklɒrəfɔː^rm] n → chloroforme m

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chloroform

n → Chloroform nt

vt → mit Chloroform betäuben, eine Chloroformnarkose geben (+dat)

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chloroform [ˈklɒrəfɔːm]

1. n → cloroformio

2. vt → cloroformizzare

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chloroform [ˈklɒrəfɔːm]

1. n → cloroformio

2. vt → cloroformizzare

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chloroform

n chloroform [ˈklorəfoːm]

a liquid, the vapour of which, when breathed in, causes unconsciousness. chloroform سائِل الكلوروفورم хлороформ chloroform kloroform das Chloroform χλωροφόρμιο cloroformo kloroform کلرو فرم kloroformi chloroforme כְלוֹרוֹפוֹרם बेसुध करने की औषधि, क्लोरोफार्म kloroform kloroform kloroform klóróform cloroformio クロロホルム 클로로포름 chloroformas hloroforms klorofom chloroform kloroform chloroform clorofórmio cloroform хлороформ chloroform kloroform hloroform kloroform คลอโรฟอร์ม kloroform 氯仿 хлороформ بیہوش کرنے والی دوا ، کلوروفام clorofom 氯仿