Chloro- :: Chloro- () A prefix denoting that chlorine is an ingredient in the substance named.

Chlorocruorin :: Chlorocruorin (n.) A green substance, supposed to be the cause of the green color of the blood in some species of worms..

Chlorodyne :: Chlorodyne (n.) A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc..

Chloroform :: Chloroform (n.) A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce anaesthesia in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain..

Chloroform :: Chloroform (v. t.) To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence..

Chloroformed :: Chloroformed (imp. & p. p.) of Chlorofor.

Chloroforming :: Chloroforming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chlorofor.

Chloroleucite :: Chloroleucite (n.) Same as Chloroplastid.

Chlorometer :: Chlorometer (n.) An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power of chloride of lime.

Chlorometry :: Chlorometry (n.) The process of testing the bleaching power of any combination of chlorine.

Chloropal :: Chloropal (n.) A massive mineral, greenish in color, and opal-like in appearance. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of iron..

Chloropeptic :: Chloropeptic (a.) Of or pertaining to an acid more generally called pepsin-hydrochloric acid.

Chlorophane :: Chlorophane (n.) A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautiful emerald green light..

Chlorophane :: Chlorophane (n.) The yellowish green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina. See Chromophane.

Chlorophyll :: Chlorophyll (n.) Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals..

Chloroplastid :: Chloroplastid (n.) A granule of chlorophyll; -- also called chloroleucite.

Chloroplatinic :: Chloroplatinic (a.) See Platinichloric.

Chlorosis :: Chlorosis (n.) The green sickness; an anaemic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc..

Chlorosis :: Chlorosis (n.) A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color..

Chlorotic :: Chlorotic (a.) Pertaining to, or affected by, chlorosis..

Chlorous :: Chlorous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of three, the next lower than in chloric compounds; as, chlorous acid, HClO2..

Chlorous :: Chlorous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the electro-negative character of chlorine; hence, electro-negative; -- opposed to basylous or zincous..

Hypochlorous :: Hypochlorous (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine having a valence lower than in chlorous compounds..

Nitro-chloroform :: Nitro-chloroform (n.) Same as Chlorpicrin.

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