[A factitious formation from chloroform + anodyne. (Analytically, the elements are Gr. χλωρός green + ὀδύνη pain.)] A drug, popular as a narcotic and anodyne, composed of chloroform, morphia, tincture of Indian hemp, prussic acid, and other substances.
1863. Mrs. Carlyle, Lett., III. 158. I … have been thinking of realising some chlorodyne.
1876. ‘Ouida,’ In Wint. City, iii. 49. Who could no more live without a crowd about her than she could sleep without chlorodyne.
1887. Daily News, 11 Jan., 7/1. His wife … was in the habit of taking enormous quantities of a patent medicine known as chlorodyne, which had the effect of stupefying her.
