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chloroform

nounverb /kloʊrəfɔrm/ 3 syllables 10 letters Scrabble 20 WWF 22
Definitions
noun

a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic

“chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic”

verb

anesthetize with chloroform

“Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them”

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