Bromism is the syndrome which results from the long-term consumption of bromine, usually through bromide-based sedatives such as potassium bromide and lithium bromide. Bromism was once a very common disorder, being responsible for 5-10% of psychiatric hospital admissions. It is now an uncommon disorder because bromide was withdrawn from clinical u...
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• (n.) A diseased condition produced by the excessive use of bromine or one of its compounds. It is characterized by mental dullness and muscular weakness.
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(bro´miz-әm) poisoning by excessive use of bromine or its compounds when their concentration in body fluids is high enough to have a toxic and depressant action on the central nervous system. Symptoms include acne, coldness of arms and legs, fetid breath, sleeplessness, impotence, headache, irritability, emotional ...
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Bro'mism noun (Medicine) A diseased condition produced by the excessive use of bromine or one of its compounds. It is characterized by mental dullness and muscular weakness.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: brō′mizm, -min-izm Definitions: 1. Chronic bromide intoxication, characterized by headache, drowsiness, confusion and occasionally violent delirium, muscular weakness, cardiac depression, an acneform eruption, foul breath, anorexia, and gastric distress.
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Bromism: A disease caused by chronic exposure to bromine or one of its compounds. Bromism is characterized by mental dullness, memory loss, slurred speech, tremors, ataxia and muscular weakness, a transitory state resembling paranoid schizophrenia, and a skin eruption (bromoderma). Once a common problem, bromism was generally due to chronic ingesti...
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a condition due to excessive use of bromides and characterized by skin eruptions.
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