chloroform
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic
chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic
Types & categories
- inhalation anesthetic hypernym
- haloform hypernym
Related & opposite
- chloroform derivation
Sense 2 verb
anesthetize with chloroform
Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them
Types & categories
- anesthetize hypernym
Related & opposite
- chloroform derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chloroform |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | inhalation anesthetic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | haloform |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chloroform |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | anesthetize |