bromism

[ broh-miz-uhm ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. a condition due to excessive use of bromides and characterized by skin eruptions.

bromism

/ ˈbrəʊˌmɪzəm /

noun

1. poisoning caused by the excessive intake of bromine or compounds containing bromine

Word History and Origins

Origin of bromism¹

First recorded in 1865–70; brom(ide) + -ism

Example Sentences

It is well known that the injudicious use of the drugs leads to certain physiological phenomena which are comprised under the term "bromism."

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It has often been observed that the most marked effects of bromism have appeared at the beginning of treatment, and that the eruption, the physical and mental depression, &c., subsequently disappeared, although the medicine was persevered in.

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The most severe effects of bromism occur in those who are not the victims of this malady, in whom, as seen by the foregoing facts, they are not common.

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Whatever the reason may be, the fact is that the symptoms of bromism are not so severe in the epileptic as they are in otherwise healthy subjects.

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Usually this relief has been afforded these cases after they had tried regular physicians who had treated them in the ordinary way with bromides, without doing anything more than causing them to miss a few attacks for a temporary period of relief, if even that, giving them bromism and further increasing their solicitude about themselves by unconsciously emphasizing their ideas as to how serious epilepsy can be.

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