chloroform
pronunciation
How to pronounce chloroform in British English:
UK [ˈklɒrəfɔ:m]
How to pronounce chloroform in American English:
US [ˈklɔrəfɔrm]
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- Noun:
- a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic
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- Verb:
- anesthetize with chloroform
Word Origin
- chloroform (n.)
- "trichloromethane," volatile liquid used as an anaesthetic, 1835, from French chloroforme, a hybrid coined 1834 by French chemist Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800-1884) from chlor-, comb. form meaning "chlorine" + formique "formic (acid)" (see formic (adj.)). As a verb, from 1848, the year its anaesthetic properties were discovered. Related: Chloroformed.
Example
- 1. He 'd anaesthetized himself with chloroform and slashed open his thigh with a razor .
- 2. Furthermore the smell of the chloroform would be lost in the gas later on .
- 3. Lee says chloroform is responsible for one third of the seriously contaminated sites in the us .
- 4. But the results varied widely , possibly because of inaccurate estimates of methyl chloroform released by human activities .
- 5. The gas was banned by the montreal protocol , so now , no new methyl chloroform is fouling the data .