Definition of Fluoroform

1. Noun. Colorless gas haloform CHF3 (similar to chloroform).

Exact synonyms: Trifluoromethane
Generic synonyms: Haloform

Definition of Fluoroform

1. Noun. (organic compound) The haloform CHF3 that is the fluorine analogue of chloroform ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluoroform

fluorochlorohydrocarbons
fluorochrome
fluorochromes
fluorochroming
fluorocoumarin
fluorocyte
fluorocytosine
fluorocytosines
fluorodeoxyglucose
fluorodeoxyuridylate
fluorodifen
fluoroelastomer
fluoroelastomers
fluoroethyl
fluoroethylene
fluoroform (current term)
fluorogenic
fluorogold
fluorographene
fluorographic
fluorographies
fluorography
fluorohectorite
fluorohydride
fluorohydrin
fluorohydrins
fluoroid
fluoroids
fluorometer

Literary usage of Fluoroform

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"fluoroform CHFS Tri-fluor Methane The corresponding fluorine compound is also known, and is a gas with a chloroform-like odor. ..."

2. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1903)
"fluoroform is odorless and tasteless. Stepp reports fifteen oases of whooping-cough in which by the use of fluoroform he obtained a rapid termination of the ..."

3. The Year-book for Colorists and Dyers: Presenting a Review of the Year's by Herman A. Metz (1901)
"The present invention relates to a method of producing fluoroform on a large scale. By this invention a slow and regular current of fluoroform gas can be ..."

4. The Year Book of Pediatrics (1903)
"The fluoroform water he used in a 2-2.5 per cent solution. ... Where the latter proved inert, he frequently succeeded with fluoroform water. ..."

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