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UK
/klˌɔːɹəʊfˈɔːm/
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[ US /ˈkɫɔɹəˌfɔɹm/ ]
[ US /ˈkɫɔɹəˌfɔɹm/ ]
VERB
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anesthetize with chloroform
Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them
NOUN
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a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic
chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic
How To Use chloroform In A Sentence
- In it, Bradley said the prosecution's claim that Anthony had conducted extensive searches for the word "chloroform" had been based on inaccurate data. Casey Anthony Trial Witness John Bradley Backtracks After Blasting Prosecutors (VIDEO)
- His case was that chloroform was a safer form of anaesthetic than sulphuric ether, which had been tried out in Boston in 1846.
- If the plot of a novel requires that the villain render Nancy Drew unconscious, this may occur only by means of a blow to her head from behind; no chloroform, no needles. Letters to the Editor
- These are no chloroformed-rubber-chicken-like cats stored in tubs of formaldehyde. Boiling the Dog's Head
- The surgeon comes to look at Paul, who refuses to be chloroformed out of fear that they will amputate his leg.
- MeDIP was purified and precipitated using phenol and chloroform: isoamyl alcohol. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- After TRIzol phase separation, the aqueous phase was extracted once with equal volume of phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol (25: 24: 1), before RNA precipitation with isopropanol. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- Once that clears up, Vainio turns his prey down a dark passage, chloroforming them again until all you can hear is their drugged, staggering heartbeats and the swaying neon of the red-light district.
- They look like alanine molecules, or amino acids, or like chloroform.
- It does not dissolve in water, although it does dissolve in many organic liquids, such as benzene, chloroform, and carbon disulfide.