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Word entry · 10 letters

chloroform

Best crossword clue

"Old anesthetic"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cfhlmooorrStarts with CEnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2H3L4O5R6O7F8O9R10M

Definitions

  1. anesthetize with chloroform

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • Some assume that chloroform is a gas because it was given by inhalation.
  • Geoffrey was first chloroformed, I think. The hand that picked Nipper up to dispose of him had certainly touched chloroform just before. Drugged; does that bring us nearer by taking us further away, I wonder?

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