chloroform definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic; "chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic" [syn: chloroform, trichloromethane] v 1: anesthetize with chloroform; "Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them" Merriam ... verb Date: 1848 to treat with or as if with chloroform especially so as to produce anesthesia, insensibility, or death Oxford ... as CHLORO- + formyle: see FORMIC (ACID) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chloroform Chlo"ro*form, n. [Chlorine + formyl, it having been ...
... s noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary iod- + -form (as in chloroform) Date: 1838 a yellow crystalline volatile compound CHI3 with a ... with antiseptic properties. Usage: Chem. formula: CHI3 Etymology: IODINE after chloroform Webster's 1913 Dictionary Iodoform I*od"o*form, n. [Iodo- + formyl. See Formyl, and cf. Chloroform.] (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline, volatile substance, CI3H, having an offensive odor and sweetish taste, and analogous to chloroform. It is used in medicine as a healing and antiseptic ...
... certain other reactions. In composition it is the same as chloroform, with the substitution of bromine for chlorine. It is somewhat similar to chloroform in its effects. --Watts.
... od"o*form, n. [Iodo- + formyl. See Formyl, and cf. Chloroform.] (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline, volatile substance, CI3H, having an offensive odor and sweetish taste, and analogous to chloroform. It is used in medicine as a healing and antiseptic ...
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Chloroformed definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chloroform Chlo"ro*form, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chloroformed; p. pr. & vb. n. Chloroforming.] To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence.
... a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic; "chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic" [syn: chloroform, trichloromethane]
CHCl3 definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chloroform Chlo"ro*form, n. [Chlorine + formyl, it having been regarded ... as a trichloride of this radical: cf. F. chloroforme, G. chloroform.] (Chem.) A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor ...
... certain other reactions. In composition it is the same as chloroform, with the substitution of bromine for chlorine. It is somewhat similar to chloroform in its effects. --Watts.
Chloroforming definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Chloroform Chlo"ro*form, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chloroformed; p. pr. & vb. n. Chloroforming.] To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence.