1. past tense of chloroform; to render unconscious or anesthetize using chloroform
Usage: medical; historical

Examples

• The patient was chloroformed before the surgery began.
• In the 19th century, doctors commonly chloroformed patients during operations.
• The veterinarian chloroformed the animal to perform the procedure safely.
• Before modern anesthetics, many patients were chloroformed for pain relief.
• The medical team chloroformed the patient to ensure they remained unconscious.
• Historical records show that soldiers were often chloroformed during field surgery.