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chloroform

/'kloʊrə,fɔrm/

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noun
a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic
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"chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic"

Similar:

trichloromethane

type of:
inhalation anaesthetic inhalation anesthetic inhalation general anaesthetic inhalation general anesthetic haloform
verb
anesthetize with chloroform
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"Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them"

type of:
put under anaesthetise anaesthetize anesthetise anesthetize put out

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