chloralose

[ klawr-uh-lohs, klohr- ]

noun

1. a crystalline compound, C 8 H 11 Cl 3 O 6 , used as an animal anesthetic and bird repellent.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chloralose¹

First recorded in 1890–95; chloral + -ose ²

Example Sentences

This substance is called chloralose; it is obtained by mixing anhydrous chloral with glucose.

From Project Gutenberg

However, if sentimentality be pushed to such a degree as to shrink from touching the vein of a dog in order to put him to sleep, even this tiny puncture can be avoided by mixing the chloralose with the food of the animal to be experimented upon.

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It may be objected that a tiny puncture has to be made in the vein to introduce the chloralose into the circulation; but this puncture is really such a trifle that it would be sheer childishness to pay any attention to it.

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For my part, I shall regret on my death-bed that no physiologist will be found whose conscience will permit him, or, if so, who would have sufficient courage to help me to pass away under the influence of chloroform, ether, chloralose, morphia, or chloral, thus saving me from the throes of the final struggle, and bestowing upon me a peaceful death and an easy termination of all suffering.

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At the beginning of a treatise on physiology, the author should distinctly declare there is always cruelty in vivisection conducted without chloroform or chloralose; the author should indicate that these anæsthetics ought to be administered under such or such conditions.

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