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chloroform

noun

1 chloroform

A volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic:
— Chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic.

synonym: trichloromethane.

Roget 376: insensibility, physical insensibility; obtuseness etc. adj.; palsy, paralysis, paraesthesia [Med.], anaesthesia; sleep etc. 823; hemiplegia, motor paralysis; ... show more

Dutch: chloroform
Polish: trichlorometan, chloroform, trójchlorometan

verb

1 chloroform

Anesthetize with chloroform.

Roget 823: be insensible etc. adj.; have a rhinoceros hide; show insensibility etc. n.; not mind, not care, not be affected by; have no desire for etc. 866; have no interest in, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: KO, Pentothal, anesthetize, annihilate, bedaze, benumb, bereave of life, besot, blunt, carry away, carry off, cocaine, coldcock, cut down, cut off, deaden, deprive of life, desensitize, destroy, dispatch ... show more.

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