A free service provided by Writers Nexus International

Writing Resources:
  • New Novelist Software
  • Writer Circles
  • Author Me
  • FirstWriter.com
  • Novel Advice
  • Robin's Nest for Writers
  • The Scriptorium
  • Women on Writing


A Writer's Dictionary:

chloroform Definition


Dictionary Home » Words Starting with C » chiro- ... choline » chloroform


chloroform
noun
    1. chem.
      A colourless volatile sweet-smelling liquid, formerly used as an anaesthetic, and still used as a solvent and in the manufacture of organic chemicals. Also called trichloromethane.
verb
    chloroformed, chloroforming
    1. To administer chloroform to someone.
Etymology: 19c: see chloro- and formic.



Click Here