Chloroform is a colourless liquid with a strong sweet smell, which makes you unconscious if you breathe its vapour.
chloroform in British English
(ˈklɔːrəˌfɔːm)
noun
a heavy volatile liquid with a sweet taste and odour, used as a solvent and cleansing agent and in refrigerants: formerly used as an inhalation anaesthetic. Formula: CHCl3
Systematic name: trichloromethane
Word origin
C19: from chloro- + form(yl) (in an obsolete sense that applied to a CH radical)
chloroform in American English
(ˈklɔrəˌfɔrm)
noun
1.
a toxic, carcinogenic, colorless, volatile liquid, CHCl3, with a sweet taste, used as a solvent, fumigant, etc. and, formerly, as a general anesthetic
verb transitive
2.
to anesthetize with chloroform
3.
to kill with chloroform
Word origin
Fr chloroforme: see chloro- & formyl
chloroform in the Pharmaceutical Industry
(klɔrəfɔrm)
noun
(Pharmaceutical: Drugs)
Chloroform is a colorless liquid with a strong, sweet smell, used in propellants and resins, as a solvent, and sometimes as an anesthetic.
Chloroform was one of the earliest anesthetics. It was put on a cloth and held over a patient'snose until they were unconscious.
Chloroform was once widely used as an anesthetic, but it is now used mainly to create otherchemicals.
Chloroform is a colorless liquid with a strong, sweet smell, used in propellants and resins,as a solvent, and sometimes as an anesthetic.
Examples of 'chloroform' in a sentence
chloroform
We drove to the station, but the chloroform was not on the train.
Doris Lessing ON CATS (2002)
On Monday we drove to the station, met the train, and came back with the chloroform.
Doris Lessing ON CATS (2002)
Alissa's computer enhancements worked hard to overcome the effects of the chloroform.