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Chloroform: A clear volatile liquid with a strong smell like ether, chloroform was once administered by inhalation to produce anesthesia and given as an analgesic (to relieve pain) and a remedy for cough. It is quite toxic to the kidney and the liver.
Sir James Young Simpson, a prominent obstetrician and a professor of medicine and midwifery in Edinburgh (Scotland), introduced chloroform as an anesthetic agent for childbirth in 1847. Chloroform came to be widely used for other procedures but its dangerous side effects have relegated it to the annals of medical history.
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( klôr ' É™-fôrm ' , klÅr ' - ) n. A clear, colorless, heavy, sweet-smelling liquid, CHCl 3 , used in refrigerants ...
Chloroform, also known as trichloromethane and methyl trichloride, is a chemical compound with the formula C H Cl 3. At room temperature, it is a colorless liquid that is ...
Chloroform is the organic compound. with formula. C. H. Cl. 3. The colorless, sweet-smelling, dense liquid is a trihalomethane, and is considered somewhat hazardous.
Breathing chloroform can cause dizziness, fatigue, and headaches. Breathing chloroform or ingesting chloroform over long periods of time may damage your ...
noun 1. Also called trichloromethane. Chemistry, Pharmacology . a colorless, volatile, nonflammable, slightly water-soluble, pungent, sweet-tasting liquid, CHCl 3 ...