Chloroform Definition

klôrə-fôrm
chloroforms
noun
chloroforms
A toxic, carcinogenic, colorless, volatile liquid, CHCl3, with a sweet taste, used as a solvent, fumigant, etc. and, formerly, as a general anesthetic.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
To anesthetize with chloroform.
Webster's New World
To kill with chloroform.
Webster's New World

Origin of Chloroform

  • From French chloroforme

    From Wiktionary

  • chloro– form(yl)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Chloroform Sentence Examples

  • It readily forms addition products with chlorine and with hydrogen; the dichloride, C10H8C12, is obtained as a yellow liquid by acting with hydrochloric acid and potassium chlorate; the solid tetrachloride, C,o 11 8 C1 4, results when chlorine is passed into naphthalene dissolved in chloroform.

  • Bromine is readily soluble in chloroform, alcohol and ether.

  • The best solvents for rubber are carbon bisulphide, benzol and mineral naphtha, carbon tetrachloride and chloroform.

  • On Tuesday morning Dr. PEARCE and Dr. HAMER visited the house to perform an operation, and for this purpose administered chloroform.

  • Chloroform is a water-insoluble substance.

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CCHCHL

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