chloral
Americannoun
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Also called trichloroacetaldehyde. Also called trichloroacetic acid aldehyde. a colorless, oily liquid, C 2 Cl 3 HO, having a pungent odor, usually derived by the chlorination of ethyl alcohol or of acetaldehyde and combining with water to form chloral hydrate.
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Also called chloral hydrate. Pharmacology. a white, crystalline solid, C 2 H 3 Cl 3 O 2 , formed by combining liquid chloral with water: used as a hypnotic.
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a colourless oily liquid with a pungent odour, made from chlorine and acetaldehyde and used in preparing chloral hydrate and DDT; trichloroacetaldehyde
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short for chloral hydrate
Etymology
Origin of chloral
Example Sentences
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And the hospital had prescribed the maximum dose of chloral hydrate for the other child, allowing additional doses if needed.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 18, 2023
Luminal, developed in Germany during the last ten years, belongs to the same chemical group of drugs as chloral and veronal.
From Time Magazine Archive
An isomer of chloral, parachloralide, is made by passing excess of dry chlorine into absolute methyl alcohol.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
In a wide-necked, glass-stoppered bottle were the crystals of chloral which he had long used in preference to the more usual liquid form.
From Jane Oglander by Marie Belloc Lowndes
This substance is called chloralose; it is obtained by mixing anhydrous chloral with glucose.
From The Pros and Cons of Vivisection by Charles Richet
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