Definitions for chlorals

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chlorals chlo·ral

Spelling: [klawr-uh l, klohr-]

IPA: /ˈklɔr əl, ˈkloʊr-/

Chlorals is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 249 anagrams from letters in chlorals (achllors).

Definitions for chlorals

noun

1. Also called trichloroacetaldehyde, 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.
2. 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.

Origin of chlorals

First recorded in 1825-35; chlor-² + -al³

Examples for chlorals

But when the chloral was stoutly met at last, it was too late.

For this purpose it may be given in a solution like that of chloral hydrate.

Overwork, chloral, and despair at the "conspiracy of silence" caused his brain to crumble.

Give ether or chloroform by inhalation, and chloral internally.

Bromide of potassium in combination with chloral has been recommended.

He did not speak of the past; he made no allusion to the chloral.

Recently, paraldehyde has been employed as a substitute for chloral.

Bleaching is dangerous owing to the inhalation of chloral fumes.

On the table where she had placed the lamp was a tiny bottle marked "chloral."

He said the chloral he had taken daring the journey was upon him, and he could not see.