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Noun chloroform has 1 sense

chloroform, trichloromethane - a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic; "chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic"
--₁ is a kind of haloform; inhalation anesthetic, inhalation anaesthetic, inhalation general anesthetic, inhalation general anaesthetic

Derived form: verb chloroform₁

Verb chloroform has 1 sense

chloroform - anesthetize with chloroform; "Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them"
--₁ is one way to anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, put to sleep, put under, put out

Derived form: noun chloroform₁
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