Definition of chloroform
: a colorless volatile heavy toxic liquid CHCl3 with an ether odor used especially as a solvent
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In January, the Onslow County, North Carolina, Sheriff’s Office said Mariah died by chloroform toxicity.
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Water or soil samples showed detectable levels of arsenic, lead, barium, cadmium, nickel, chloroform, chromium, selenium, mercury, and a substance called bis(2-ethylhexylphthlate) or DEHP.
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Mariah Woods was killed by chloroform toxicity, the Onslow County, North Carolina, Sheriff’s Office said on Wednesday.
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Though the film offers Paul chloroform and a skilled doctor during the infamous ear-cutting, Pearson wrote that the operation was actually performed by a captor, with only brandy and a bite-cloth offered to the teenager as he was being held down.
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Ribaudo planned to dine at his father's house that night, but instead lured the 72-year-old father into the basement, attacked him with chloroform and bound him, police said.
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Martyn Smith, a professor of toxicology at the University of California, Berkeley, told CNN the levels of PCE and chloroform would be essentially safe for human consumption.
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The head of the Oregon Humane Society called for the polar bear to be euthanized with chloroform to end its suffering.
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In 2015, this well in Dorado, which is located near a shopping center, was found by the EPA to be safely within federal standards for PCE and chloroform, two industrial chemicals.
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Origin and Etymology of chloroform
French chloroforme, from chlor- + formyle formyl; from its having been regarded as a trichloride of this group
Definition of chloroform
: to treat with or as if with chloroform especially so as to produce anesthesia, insensibility, or death
First Known Use of chloroform
1848
CHLOROFORM Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of chloroform for English Language Learners
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: a colorless poisonous liquid
CHLOROFORM Defined for Kids
Definition of chloroform for Students
: a colorless heavy liquid used especially to dissolve fatty substances
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of chloroform
: a colorless volatile heavy toxic liquid CHCl3 with an ether odor used especially as a solvent — called also
trichloromethane
medical Definition of chloroform
: to treat with chloroform especially so as to produce anesthesia or death
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