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

1 sense of trichloromethane

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)