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chloral
[ klawr-uhl ]
noun
- Also called trichloroacetaldehyde, 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.
- Also called chlo·ral hy·drate [klawr, -, uh, l , hahy, -dreyt]. Pharmacology. a white, crystalline solid, C 2 H 3 Cl 3 O 2 , formed by combining liquid chloral with water: used as a hypnotic.
chloral
/ ˈklɔːrəl /
noun
- a colourless oily liquid with a pungent odour, made from chlorine and acetaldehyde and used in preparing chloral hydrate and DDT; trichloroacetaldehyde
- short for chloral hydrate
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You don't know how they laugh at you in Paris for always painting morphinomanes and chloral drinkers.
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Bayard sent for a doctor, who prescribed chloral, and said the case was serious.
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Some preparation of chloral, I should think; smells and looks like it.
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Bernheim and many others of the French school have used chloral and morphine.
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I thought perhaps some bromide, or chloral, or something of the kind might do me good.
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