chloroform

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

trichloromethane

trichoromethane

hocus

numb

methenyl chloride

anaesthetize

CHCl3

benumb

Translations

chloroforme

cloroformo

Chloroform

cloroformio

clorofórmio

كلوروفورم

cloroform

kloroform

cloroformizzare

χλωροφόρμιο

chloroformer

chloroform

cloroformizar

triclorometano

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/

Etymology

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.