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chloroform

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Noun

a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic
- chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic

Verb

anesthetize with chloroform
- Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them

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Words contain "chloroform":
chloroform nitrochloroform
Words contain "chloroform" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
chloroform sir james young simpson fluoroform trifluoromethane simpson trichloromethane

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