chloroform
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈklɔːɹə(ʊ)̩fɔː(ɹ)m/
chloroform (uncountable)
- (chemistry) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.
- trichloromethane
- chloric ether
- Guthrie's sweet whiskey, sweet whiskey
- French: chloroforme
- German: Chloroform
- Italian: cloroformio
- Portuguese: clorofórmio
- Russian: хлорофо́рм
- Spanish: cloroformo
chloroform (chloroforms, present participle chloroforming; past and past participle chloroformed)
- To treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.
- French: chloroformer
- Italian: cloroformizzare
- Spanish: cloroformizar
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