chloroform has definitions from the fields of chemistry,medicine,pharmacology,surgery
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[ verb ] (pharmacology,surgery) anesthetize with chloroform

Examples

"Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them"

Related terms

anesthetize

2
[ noun ] (chemistry,medicine,pharmacology,surgery) a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic

Synonyms

trichloromethane

Examples

"chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic"

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