Chloral Hydrate - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: chloral hydratechloral hydrate
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...
knockout drops
Drops of any drug used to a person to fall asleep or become unconscious or stupefied for the purpose of robbery etc they are usually mixed into a drink so that the person consuming it does so unknowingly One compound used for this purpose is chloral hydrate...
Chloralism
A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral...
Hydrated
Formed into a hydrate combined with water...
Hydration
The act of becoming or state of being a hydrate...
Bromal
An oily colorless fluid CBr3COH related to bromoform as chloral is to chloroform and obtained by the action of bromine on alcohol...
Chloral
A colorless oily liquid CCl3CHO of a pungent odor and harsh taste obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcohol...
Chloralamide
A compound of chloral and formic amide used to produce sleep...
Iodal
An oily liquid CI3CHO analogous to chloral and bromal...
Metachloral
A white amorphous insoluble substance regarded as a polymeric variety of chloral...
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