chloral noun. ['klɔ:ral] M19.
[from CHLOR-¹ + -AL².]
Chemistry. Trichloroacetaldehyde, CCl₃CHO, a pungent volatile liquid which is obtained by the action of chlorine on alcohol and is used esp. as a hypnotic (usu. in the form of its crystalline hydrate).

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