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chiroform

chiroform adjective: shaped like a hand.

Adjective

chiroform (comparative more chiroform, superlative most chiroform)

  1. (rare) Shaped like a hand.
    • They support their argument with elaborate engravings from the Messak bearing chiroform patterns resembling the "open woman".2004, Sahara, number 15
    Synonyms:
    palmate

Synonyms of chiroform

Forms of chiroform

comparativemore chiroform
superlativemost chiroform

Origin of chiroform

From chiro- + -form.

Questions about chiroform

What does chiroform mean?
Chiroform means shaped like a hand.
What part of speech is chiroform?
Chiroform is an adjective.

Words near chiroform in the dictionary

  1. chirocracy
  2. chirodipterid
  3. chirodipterids
  4. chirodropid
  5. chirodropids
  6. chiroform
  7. chirogenesis
  8. chirognomic
  9. chirognomically
  10. chirognomist
  11. chirognomists

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