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語源

Borrowed from French chloroforme, portmanteau of terchloride (tertiary chloride, trichloride) and formyle (CH, an obsolete radical of formic acid) by Jean-Baptiste Dumas, from 1834. By surface analysis, chloro- +‎ -form.

発音

• IPA: /ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/
• ハイフネーション: chlo‧ro‧form
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)m

名詞

chloroform (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl₃; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.

   Synonyms: trichloromethane; Guthrie's sweet whiskey, sweet whiskey (archaic)

   Hypernyms: haloform < trihalomethane < substance, compound, material

   Coordinate terms: fluoroform, trifluoromethane (CHF₃), bromoform, tribromomethane (CHBr₃), iodoform, triiodomethane (CHI₃)

   Some assume that chloroform is a gas because it was given by inhalation.

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動詞

chloroform (third-person singular simple present chloroforms, present participle chloroforming, simple past and past participle chloroformed)

1. (transitive) To treat, or to render unconscious, with chloroform.
   • 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

     Geoffrey was first chloroformed, I think. The hand that picked Nipper up to dispose of him had certainly touched chloroform just before. Drugged; does that bring us nearer by taking us further away, I wonder?

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関連する語

• methylene chloride
• carbon tetrachloride
• fluoroform
• bromoform
• iodoform