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usually uncountable, plural chlorals
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. quotations examples
‘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.
1997, Vivien Allen, Hall Caine: Portrait of a Victorian Romancer, A&C Black, page 100