[chlo.ro.form] n [F chloroforme, fr. chlor- + formyle formyl; fr. its having been regarded as a trichloride of this group] (1838): a colorless volatile heavy toxic liquid with an ether odor used esp. as a solvent or as a veterinary anesthetic
[2]chloroform vt (1848): to treat with or as if with chloroform esp. so as to produce anesthesia, insensibility, or death