Med. [f. next + -ATION; cf. F. chloroformisation.] The occurrence or the induction of the sleep and anæsthesia caused by the inhalation of chloroform.
1849. Lancet, I. 538/2. In some cases of chloroformization and etherization.
1887. W. James, in Mind, XII. 8. I … observed the same recession of objects during the beginning of chloroformisation.
