(Chem.) A prefix denoting that chlorine is an ingredient in the substance named. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
n. [ From chlorine, in imitation of anodyne. ] (Med.) A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ Chlorine + formyl, it having been regarded as a trichloride of this radical: cf. F. chloroforme, G. chloroform. ] (Chem.) A colorless volatile liquid,
n. [ Gr.
n. [ Cf. F. chloromètre. See Chlorine, and -meter. ] An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power of chloride of lime. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The process of testing the bleaching power of any combination of chlorine. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
a. [ Chlorine + peptic. ] (Physiol. Chem.) Of or pertaining to an acid more generally called