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Definition of Bromide
1. Noun. Any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs.
2. Noun. A trite or obvious remark.
Generic synonyms: Comment, Input, Remark, Truism
Derivative terms: Banal, Commonplace, Platitudinous
Definition of Bromide
1. n. A compound of bromine with a positive radical.
2. n. A person who is conventional and commonplace in his habits of thought and conversation. [Slang]
Definition of Bromide
1. Noun. (inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical. ¹
2. Noun. A dose of bromide taken as a sedative. ¹
3. Noun. A dull person with conventional thoughts. ¹
4. Noun. A platitude. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bromide
1. a bromine compound [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bromide
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bromide
Literary usage of Bromide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A German-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1917)
"Bromid, n. bromide (especially an -ic bromide, as contrasted with ... bromine
lye (solution of sodium hypobromite and bromide made by passing bromine into ..."
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