chloral
Trichlorinated sedative precursor
Chloral is a colorless, oily liquid with a pungent odor, produced by chlorinating ethanol.
It was historically important in medicine as the basis for chloral hydrate, a sedative and hypnotic drug once widely used to induce sleep.
Chloral hydrate became notorious as a knockout drug slipped into drinks—the original "Mickey Finn."
Secretly administered sedative
- Mickey FinnSecretly drugged beverage
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- hypnoticInducing trance or slumber
- soporificInducing drowsiness
sleep · drowsiness · somnolence · narcotic · anesthesia · tranquilizer · insomnia · slumber
Of a prim era
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
- patent medicineTrademarked unproven remedy
- laudanumOpium dissolved in alcohol
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
overdose · poisoning · asylum · hysteria · quackery · temperance · suicide · murder mystery
Medical dispensing authorization
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- pharmacyMedicinal dispensary
- tabletsFlat portable computing devices
syrup · elixir · pharmacology · dispensing · apothecary · formulation · tincture · solution
Carbonyl bonded to hydrogen
- chlorinationDisinfecting with a halogen
- hydrateInfuse with water
- acetalGeminal diether from aldehydes
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
halogenated · reagent · compound · organic · ethanol · carbon · hydrogen · oxygen
Harmful excess intake
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- poisonHarmful ingested substance
- harmfulCausing damage or injury
- cardiacPertaining to the heart
fatal · dangerous · noxious · toxicity · contraindication · interaction · alcohol · dependence
knockout drops
Secretly administered sedative
- Mickey FinnSecretly drugged beverage
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- hypnoticInducing trance or slumber
soporific · sleep · drowsiness · somnolence · narcotic · anesthesia · tranquilizer · insomnia · slumber · unconsciousness
Victorian
Of a prim era
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
- patent medicineTrademarked unproven remedy
- laudanumOpium dissolved in alcohol
addiction · overdose · poisoning · asylum · hysteria · quackery · temperance · suicide · murder mystery · detective fiction
prescription
Medical dispensing authorization
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- pharmacyMedicinal dispensary
tablets · syrup · elixir · pharmacology · dispensing · apothecary · formulation · tincture · solution · therapeutics
aldehyde
Carbonyl bonded to hydrogen
- chlorinationDisinfecting with a halogen
- hydrateInfuse with water
- acetalGeminal diether from aldehydes
synthesis · halogenated · reagent · compound · organic · ethanol · carbon · hydrogen · oxygen · laboratory
overdose
Harmful excess intake
cardiac · fatal · dangerous · noxious · toxicity · contraindication · interaction · alcohol · dependence · tolerance
chloralstimulant
Alertness-boosting drug
amphetamine · caffeine · methamphetamine · cocaine · epinephrine
- chlorine gasReactive halogen in gaseous state
- pool chlorineSwimming water purifier
- chlorine tasteSanitizer's residual flavor
- chlorine tabletsCompressed swimming pool disinfectant
- potassium chlorateChlorine-oxygen salt of potassium
- chlorine levelsDisinfectant concentration in water