Definition of chloroform
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a colorless volatile heavy toxic liquid CHCl3 with an ether odor used especially as a solvent
chloroform
verb
chloroformed; chloroforming; chloroforms
Definition of chloroform (Entry 2 of 2)
: to treat with or as if with chloroform especially so as to produce anesthesia, insensibility, or death
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The first known use of chloroform was in 1838
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