chloralhydrate

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A form of chloral hydrate — An organic compound with the chemical formula C₂H₃Cl₃O₂, used as a sedative and hypnotic drug and as a laboratory reagent and precursor.

OriginEnglish hydrate ← French hydrate ← Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-) →
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Meanings

nounchloralhydrate (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of chloral hydrate.

    Wistar rats (150–200 g) were anesthetized with 10% chloralhydrate (4 ml/kg, i.p.), and then mechanically ventilated with a small animal respirator.

    2015 August 19, Qi Liu et al., “Identification of apoptosis-related microRNAs and their target genes in myocardial infarction post-transplantation with skeletal myoblasts”, in Journal of Translational Medicine, volume 13, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
  4. Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
  5. Englishchlorine
  6. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  7. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  8. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  9. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  10. Medieval Latinalcoho
  11. Middle Englishalcofol
  12. Englishalcohol
  13. Englishchloral
  14. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  16. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  17. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  18. Ancient Greekὑδρο- (hudro-)
  19. Frenchhydr-
  20. Frenchhydrate
  21. Englishhydrate
  22. Englishchloralhydrate

From chloral + hydrate.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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