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Chloroform

//ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl₃; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic. uncountable

    "Some assume that chloroform is a gas because it was given by inhalation."

  2. 2
    a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.
  2. 2
    anesthetize with chloroform wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French chloroforme, portmanteau of terchloride (tertiary chloride, trichloride) and formyle (CH, an obsolete radical of formic acid) by Jean-Baptiste Dumas, from 1834. By surface analysis, chloro- + -form.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French chloroforme, portmanteau of terchloride (tertiary chloride, trichloride) and formyle (CH, an obsolete radical of formic acid) by Jean-Baptiste Dumas, from 1834. By surface analysis, chloro- + -form.

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