chloral hydrate

British  

noun

1. a colourless crystalline soluble solid produced by the reaction of chloral with water and used as a sedative and hypnotic; 2,2,2-trichloro-1,1-ethanediol. Formula: CCl 3 CH(OH) 2

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Example Sentences

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

One-ounce doses of chloral hydrate per rectum should be given if the patient is violent or if muscular spasms are severe.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

When such eggs are treated with a weak solution of sodium cyanide or chloral hydrate, they return to the resting condition.

From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous

It is then cleared in alkali, or in chloral hydrate.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)

If there is, chloral hydrate cannot be used.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson