chloroform
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chloroform
- /ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)m
Where it comes from
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.
noun
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A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl₃; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.
Some assume that chloroform is a gas because it was given by inhalation.
Similar: trichloromethane, Guthrie's sweet whiskey, sweet whiskey
verb chloroforms · chloroforming · chloroformed
- To treat, or to render unconscious, with chloroform. Geoffrey was first chloroformed, I think. The hand that picked Nipper up to dispose of him had certainly touched chloroform just before. Drugged; does that bring us nearer by taking us further away, I wonder?
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noun (chemistry) an anesthetic
| Español | cloroformo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 클로로포름 keulloroporeum |
| 日本語 | クロロホルム kurorohorumu |
| 中文 | 氯仿 lǜfǎng, 哥羅仿 /哥罗仿 gēluófǎng |
| हिन्दी | क्लोरोफार्म klorophārm |
| Português | clorofórmio |
| Français | chloroforme |
| Deutsch | Chloroform |
| Italiano | cloroformio |
| Ελληνικά | χλωροφόρμιο chlorofórmio |
| Română | cloroform |
| Русский | хлорофо́рм xlorofórm |
| العربية | كْلُورُوفُورْم klurufūrm |
verb to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform
| Español | cloroformizar |
|---|---|
| Français | chloroformer |
| Italiano | cloroformizzare |
Talk about this word "chloroform." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chloroform. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. chloroform. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chloroform "chloroform." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chloroform.Cite this
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