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Chloroform vs Traumaticin - What's the difference?

chloroform | traumaticin |

As nouns the difference between chloroform and traumaticin

is that chloroform is a halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic while traumaticin is a solution of gutta-percha in chloroform once used for closing wounds.

As a verb chloroform

is to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.

chloroform

English

(wikipedia chloroform)

Noun

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  • (chemistry) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.

    • Related terms

    * fluoroform * bromoform * iodoform

    traumaticin

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete, surgery) A solution of gutta-percha in chloroform once used for closing wounds