chloroform in Latin
chloroform in Latin is chloroformium, chloroformum — chloroform means a sweet-smelling, colourless liquid chemical once used as an anaesthetic and still used today as an industrial solvent.
chloroform in Latin
chloroformium
(organic compound) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.
chloroformum
(organic compound) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.
What does "chloroform" mean?
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noun A sweet-smelling, colourless liquid chemical once used as an anaesthetic and still used today as an industrial solvent.
"Chloroform was commonly used to put patients under before modern anaesthetics were developed."
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verb To knock someone unconscious using chloroform.
"In the old film, the villain chloroforms his victim with a soaked cloth."
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chloroform in a sentence
- Chloroform was commonly used to put patients under before modern anaesthetics were developed.
- In the old film, the villain chloroforms his victim with a soaked cloth.
- 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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What is "chloroform" in Latin?
"chloroform" in Latin is chloroformium, chloroformum. chloroform means: A sweet-smelling, colourless liquid chemical once used as an anaesthetic and still used today as an industrial solvent.
How do you use "chloroform" in a sentence?
Example: "Chloroform was commonly used to put patients under before modern anaesthetics were developed." In Latin, "chloroform" is chloroformium, chloroformum.
Are there other ways to say "chloroform" in Latin?
Yes — Latin has 2 translations listed for "chloroform": chloroformium, chloroformum.
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