"chloral" meaning in English

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      "form": "chlorals",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "chloralamide"
        },
        {
          "word": "chloralhydrate"
        },
        {
          "word": "chloral hydrate"
        },
        {
          "word": "chloralism"
        },
        {
          "word": "chloralize"
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        {
          "word": "metachloral"
        }
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          "ref": "1997, Vivien Allen, Hall Caine: Portrait of a Victorian Romancer, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 100:",
          "text": "‘They say there is a skeleton in every cupboard,’ Rossetti said quietly, ‘and that's mine; it's chloral.’ Caine was shocked but forbore to comment.",
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        "A colourless narcotic liquid, trichloroacetaldehyde, CCl₃CHO, obtained at first by the action of chlorine on alcohol and that, when treated with water, produces chloral hydrate."
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          "trichloroacetaldehyde",
          "trichloroacetaldehyde"
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          "chloral hydrate",
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          "word": "chloralamide"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "an organic compound",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "Chloral"
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          "roman": "nīrsu",
          "sense": "an organic compound",
          "word": "नीरसु"
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          "sense": "an organic compound",
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          "word": "cloralio"
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      "ipa": "/ˈklɔːɹæl/"
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  "word": "chloral"
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      "word": "chloralamide"
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      "word": "chloralhydrate"
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      "word": "chloral hydrate"
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      "word": "chloralism"
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    {
      "word": "chloralize"
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      "word": "metachloral"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "word": "Chloral"
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  "word": "chloral"
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