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Definition of Bromal
1. n. An oily, colorless fluid, CBr3.COH, related to bromoform, as chloral is to chloroform, and obtained by the action of bromine on alcohol.
Definition of Bromal
1. Noun. (organic compound) The compound tribromoacetaldehyde CBr3-CHO ¹
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Definition of Bromal
1. a medicinal liquid [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bromal
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bromal
Literary usage of Bromal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1855)
"On gently heating these crystals with six times their weight of oil of vitriol,
the dehydrated bromal sinks to the bottom as a transparent colourless oil, ..."
2. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1871)
"The experiments were made in the Berlin Pathological Institute, and were under
the immediate observation of Liebreich himself. The hydrate of bromal, ..."
3. A Manual of hypodermatic medication: The Treatment of Diseases by the by Roberts Bartholow (1891)
"bromal HYDRATE AND ATROPINE. One of the subjects undertaken by the Committee of
the British Medical Association, to whose important labors I have so often ..."
4. A Biennial Retrospect of Medicine, Surgery, and Their Allied Sciences, for by New Sydenham Society (1873)
"bromal hydrate.—Berti and Namias* have investigated the therapeutical ... Even in
small doses, and well diluted, bromal hydrate produces burning pain in the ..."
5. American Journal of Dental Science by American Society of Dental Surgeons (1870)
"Hebdomadaire, Oct. 22). lodal is produced by treating iodine with alcohol and
nitric acid- bromal differs from chloral in having the chlorine of the latter ..."
6. A Practical treatise on materia medica and therapeutics by Roberts Bartholow (1899)
"bromal Hydrate occurs in white crystals, deliquescent on exposure, pungent in
taste, and having a chloral odor. It is soluble in water and the ordinary ..."
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