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bromide
[ broh-mahyd broh-mid ]
noun
- Chemistry.
- a salt of hydrobromic acid consisting of two elements, one of which is bromine, as sodium bromide, NaBr.
- a compound containing bromine, as methyl bromide.
- Pharmacology. potassium bromide, known to produce central nervous system depression, formerly used as a sedative.
- a platitude or trite saying.
- a person who is platitudinous and boring.
bromide
/ ˈbrəʊmaɪd /
noun
- any salt of hydrobromic acid, containing the monovalent ion Br –( bromide ion )
- any compound containing a bromine atom, such as methyl bromide
- a dose of sodium or potassium bromide given as a sedative
- a trite saying; platitude
- a dull or boring person
bromide
/ brō′mīd′ /
- A compound, such as potassium bromide, containing bromine and another element or radical.
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Example Sentences
He was adept at deflecting a direct question with an anecdote or a bromide presented as a confidence.
In executions, that drug is pancuronium bromide, a type of curariform, or neuromuscular-blocking agent.
Veterinarians object to the use of the second drug, the pancuronium bromide, because it presents as unnecessary risk of suffering.
At the end, however, he treats viewers to a poli-sci bromide that we could really have done without.
Bromide of potassium is generally recognised as the most effective anti-epileptic remedy we at present possess.
In brief, film is a cellulose base coated with silver bromide and gelatine.
Now only the image-forming silver bromide particles remain, and these have been transformed to metallic silver.
The Doctor started to give him some fresh advice—but left him a bromide instead.
It forms white prismatic crystals; and, in its general properties, resembles bromide of potassium.
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