chloroform as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
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;
vegetable state;
coma.
anaesthetic agent,
opium,
ether,
chloroform,
chloral;
nitrous oxide,
laughing gas;
exhilarating gas,
protoxide of nitrogen;
refrigeration.
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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,
feel no interest in,
take no interest in;
nil admirari [Lat.];
not care a straw for
etc.
(unimportance)
643;
disregard
etc.
(neglect)
460;
set at naught
etc.
(make light of)
483;
turn a deaf ear to
etc.
(inattention)
458;
vegetate.
render insensible,
render callous;
blunt,
obtund†,
numb,
benumb,
paralyze,
deaden,
hebetate†,
stun,
stupefy;
brutify†;
brutalize;
chloroform,
anaesthetize†,
put under;
assify†.
inure;
harden the heart;
steel,
caseharden,
sear.
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