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Chloral Hydrate

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

a chemical substance CCl3CHOH2 which is a hydrate of trichloroacetaldehyde It crystallizes as white monoclinic plates obtained by treating chloral with water It produces sleep when taken internally or hypodermically and is used in medicine as a hypnotic and sedative called also chloral

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