/klawr'oh truy floor'oh meth"ayn, -flawr'-; klohr'oh truy floor'-, -flohr'-/ , n.
a colorless gas, CClF 3 , used chiefly as a refrigerant, in the hardening of metals, and in pharmaceutical processing. Also called trifluorochloromethane .
[ CHLORO- 2 + TRI- + FLUOR- + -O- + METHANE ]