chloroform

1. (verb) anesthetize with chloroform; "Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them"
Related Words: anaesthetize, anesthetize, put out, put to sleep, put under

2. (noun) a volatile liquid CHCl3; formerly used as an anesthetic; "chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic"
Synonyms: trichloromethane
Related Words: inhalation anaesthetic, inhalation anesthetic, inhalation general anaesthetic, inhalation general anesthetic



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