A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic
A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl{3}; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic
Chloroform is a colourless liquid with a strong sweet smell, which makes you unconscious if you breathe its vapour. a liquid that makes you become unconscious if you breathe it (chloroforme, from chloro- ( CHLOROFLUOROCARBON) + formyle ). Clear, colourless, heavy, nonflammable liquid organic compound with a pleasant etherlike odour, chemical formula CHCl3. It was the first substance successfully used as a surgical anesthetic (1847); being somewhat toxic, it has been increasingly displaced by other substances for this purpose. It has some industrial uses, primarily as a solvent
a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic; "chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic" anesthetize with chloroform; "Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them