chloral
/klawr-uhl, klohr-/US // ˈklɔr əl, ˈkloʊr- //UK // (ˈklɔːrəl) //
氯醛,氯碱,氯气,氯胺酮
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Also called trichloroacetaldehyde, trichloroacetic acid aldehyde. a colorless, oily liquid, C2Cl3HO, 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 chloral hydrate. Pharmacology. a white, crystalline solid, C2H3Cl3O2, formed by combining liquid chloral with water: used as a hypnotic.
Examples
You don't know how they laugh at you in Paris for always painting morphinomanes and chloral drinkers.
Bayard sent for a doctor, who prescribed chloral, and said the case was serious.
Some preparation of chloral, I should think; smells and looks like it.
Bernheim and many others of the French school have used chloral and morphine.
I thought perhaps some bromide, or chloral, or something of the kind might do me good.
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