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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A toxic condition caused by the chronic overuse of bromides, characterized by mental dullness, loss of muscular coordination, and sometimes skin eruptions.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A diseased condition produced by excessive use of bromides.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) A diseased condition produced by the excessive use of bromine or one of its compounds. It is characterized by mental dullness and muscular weakness.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun medicine poisoning by bromine or bromides

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