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CHLOROFORM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic

Example:

chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic

Synonyms:

chloroform; trichloromethane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chloroform" is a kind of...):

inhalation anaesthetic; inhalation anesthetic; inhalation general anaesthetic; inhalation general anesthetic (a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled)

haloform (compounds with the formula CHX3, where X is a halogen atom)

Derivation:

chloroform (anesthetize with chloroform)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anesthetize with chloroform

Example:

Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "chloroform" is one way to...):

anaesthetise; anaesthetize; anesthetise; anesthetize; put out; put under (administer an anesthetic drug to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

chloroform (a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic)

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 Context examples: 

The next he was gripped at the back of his neck by a grasp of iron, and a chloroformed sponge was held in front of his writhing face.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They took a non-modified plant and a modified plant and put them in glass tubes that were then filled with either benzene or chloroform gas.

(Common Houseplant with Genetic Modification Can Remove Polluted Air, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

As a byproduct of water chlorination, chloroform may be present in small amounts in chlorinated water.

(Chloroform, NCI Thesaurus)

They rushed in and overpowered her with their chloroform, carried her down, poured more into the coffin to insure against her waking, and then screwed down the lid.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The levels did not change at all for the unmodified plants and however, for the modified plants, the concentration of chloroform dropped by 82% after three days.

(Common Houseplant with Genetic Modification Can Remove Polluted Air, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

As we did so there came from the inside a stupefying and overpowering smell of chloroform.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By day six the chloroform was almost undetectable.

(Common Houseplant with Genetic Modification Can Remove Polluted Air, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Scientists have genetically modified a common houseplant called pothos ivy or devil’s ivy that can remove chloroform and benzene from the air around it.

(Common Houseplant with Genetic Modification Can Remove Polluted Air, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)