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chloralose

chloralose

9.9
A drug used to make animals sleep and to poison rodents like rats and mice
  • noun
  • /klɔːrˈeɪloʊs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cloralosa
  • Farmers often use chloralose to control rodent populations.

Examples

  • The vet prescribed chloralose to calm the anxious dog.

  • Researchers administered chloralose to the laboratory rats before beginning the experiment.

  • Farmers sometimes use chloralose to control rodent populations in storage areas.

  • The veterinarian carefully measured the dose of chloralose for the bird's procedure.

  • Chloralose is commonly used in laboratories as a sedative for chloralose during experiments.

  • Farmers often use chloralose to control rodent populations on their properties.

  • The veterinarian prescribed chloralose to help calm the agitated dog before the procedure.

Surface Forms

chloralose singular
chloraloses plural

Morphology

chloralose = chloral (opaque) = chloral + ose

The formation is a technical chemical name (chloral + -ose) whose specific meaning as a sedative/rodenticide is specialized and not predictable by average learners.

Etymology

Chloralose comes from the chemical name chloral and the ending -ose, where -ose means 'sugar'. So the name shows it is a 'sugary' form of a chloral chemical, which helps explain why it is used to calm animals as a sedative and to poison rodents.