chloroform (redirected from chloroformed)

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 Chloroform, once widely used in human and veterinary surgery, has generally been replaced by less toxic, more easily controlled agents.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

Noun

a sweet-smelling liquid, used as a solvent and cleansing agent, and formerly as an anaesthetic [chloro- + formyl: see formic acid]

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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

n chloroform [ˈklorəfoːm]

a liquid, the vapour of which, when breathed in, causes unconsciousness. chloroformسائِل الكلوروفورمхлороформchloroformkloroformdas Chloroformχλωροφόρμιοcloroformokloroformکلرو فرمkloroformichloroformeכְלוֹרוֹפוֹרםबेसुध करने की औषधि, क्लोरोफार्मkloroformkloroformkloroformklóróformcloroformioクロロホルム클로로포름chloroformashloroformsklorofomchloroformkloroformchloroformclorofórmiocloroformхлороформchloroformkloroformhloroformkloroformคลอโรฟอร์มkloroform氯仿хлороформبیہوش کرنے والی دوا ، کلوروفامclorofom氯仿