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prechloroform

prechloroform adjective: before the discovery or availability of chloroform.

Adjective

prechloroform (not comparable)

  1. Before the discovery or availability of chloroform.

Origin of prechloroform

From pre- + chloroform.

Questions about prechloroform

What does prechloroform mean?
Prechloroform means before the discovery or availability of chloroform.
What part of speech is prechloroform?
Prechloroform is an adjective.

Words near prechloroform in the dictionary

  1. prechilling
  2. prechills
  3. prechipped
  4. prechlorination
  5. prechlorinations
  6. prechloroform
  7. prechoanal
  8. prechoice
  9. prechondroblast
  10. prechondroblastic
  11. prechondroblasts

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