bromide
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8.9
- noun
- /ˈbroʊmaɪd/
- Archaic
:
bromuro
- I've given her some bromide.
- methyl bromide
- ethidium bromide
- pyridostigmine bromide
Examples
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Around the farm and in the packinghouse, methyl bromide performs a host of fumigation chores.
Academic text (1995) -
Yes, I think you better sleep for an hour and rest and, uh, and then take a mild bromide.
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So I keep talking, while I put some bromide into a glass of milk... enough to knock out 3 horses.
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Today, growers zap these pests with a dose of methyl bromide where walnuts are stored.
Academic text (1995) -
The doctor recommended a mild bromide to help calm her nerves before the exam.
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He mixed a teaspoon of bromide into her drink to help her relax.
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Many people used to take bromide as a remedy for anxiety in the past.
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.7
A poisonous gas or liquid used to kill pests like insects and rodents
- Specialized
A colorless gas with a sharp smell that makes a strong acid when mixed with water
- Specialized
A medicine used in an inhaler that opens the airways in the lungs to help asthma or long-term lung problems
- Specialized
A white or pale yellow salt that darkens in light and is used in black-and-white photography
Surface Forms
Morphology
bromide = bromine (semi-transparent) = brom + ide
Formation follows standard chemical naming (element name → -ide for a binary compound), which is regular but requires technical knowledge of the suffix '-ide' to be meaningful to learners.
Etymology
Bromide as a chemical name comes from the element bromine, which is named from a Greek word meaning 'stink' because of its strong smell, and the ending -ide shows it is a 'salt'. These bromide salts were once used as a drug to calm people, which is why the word also came to mean a dull or sleepy idea.