Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chloroform

1 sense of chloroform

Sense 1
chloroform, trichloromethane -- (a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic; "chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic")
       => haloform -- (compounds with the formula CHX3, where X is a halogen atom)
       => inhalation anesthetic, inhalation anaesthetic, inhalation general anesthetic, inhalation general anaesthetic -- (a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chloroform

1 sense of chloroform

Sense 1
chloroform -- (anesthetize with chloroform; "Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them")
       => anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, put under, put out -- (administer an anesthetic drug to; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth")