chloroform

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

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

Verb

To treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.

Konzepte

Chloroform

chloroformieren

Synonyme

trichloromethane

trichoromethane

hocus

numb

methenyl chloride

anaesthetize

CHCl3

benumb

Übersetzungen

chloroforme

cloroformo

cloroformio

clorofórmio

كلوروفورم

cloroform

χλωροφόρμιο

chloroformer

kloroform

cloroformizzare

chloroform

ثلاثي كلورو الميثان

cloroformizar

triclorometano

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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.