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PRONUNCIATION OF BROMISM

bromism  [ˈbrəʊˌmɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BROMISM

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bromism is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BROMISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bromism

Bromism

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 It is now an uncommon disorder because bromide was withdrawn from clinical use in many countries and was severely restricted in others. The mechanism of bromism is due to high levels of bromide chronically impairing the membrane of neurons which progressively impairs neuronal transmission which leads to toxicity. Bromide has an elimination half-life of 9–12 days, which can lead to excessive accumulation. Doses of 0.5-1 gram per day of bromide can lead to bromism. The therapeutic dose of bromide is about 3-5 grams of bromide, thus explaining why chronic toxicity was once so common. While significant and sometimes serious disturbances occur to neurologic, psychiatric, dermatological, and gastrointestinal functions, death is rare from bromism. Bromide is still occasionally used, however, for epilepsy in some countries.

Definition of bromism in the English dictionary

The definition of bromism in the dictionary is poisoning caused by the excessive intake of bromine or compounds containing bromine.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BROMISM


academism
əˈkædəˌmɪzəm
alarmism
əˈlɑːmɪzəm
animism
ˈænɪˌmɪzəm
atomism
ˈætəˌmɪzəm
Benthamism
ˈbɛnθəˌmɪzəm
dynamism
ˈdaɪnəˌmɪzəm
dysphemism
ˈdɪsfɪˌmɪzəm
economism
ɪˈkɒnəˌmɪzəm
endemism
ˈɛndəmɪzəm
euphemism
ˈjuːfɪˌmɪzəm
extremism
ɪkˈstriːmɪzəm
minimism
ˈmɪnɪˌmɪzəm
opiumism
ˈəʊpɪəˌmɪzəm
optimism
ˈɒptɪˌmɪzəm
overoptimism
ˌəʊvərˈɒptɪˌmɪzəm
pancosmism
pænˈkɒzˌmɪzəm
pessimism
ˈpɛsɪˌmɪzəm
racemism
ˈræsɪˌmɪzəm
seismism
ˈsaɪzˌmɪzəm
totemism
ˈtəʊtəˌmɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BROMISM

bromeliaceous
bromeliad
bromelin
bromeosin
bromic
bromic acid
bromide
bromide paper
bromidic
bromidrosis
brominate
bromination
bromine
brominism
bromize
Bromley
brommer
bromocriptine
bromoform
bromouracil

WORDS THAT END LIKE BROMISM

bathmism
bedlamism
chemism
cosmism
Humism
Islamism
logical atomism
momism
Moslemism
nomism
nonconformism
Pan-Islamism
panspermism
photochromism
reformism
short-termism
thermochromism
Thomism
transformism
Uncle Tomism

Synonyms and antonyms of bromism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bromism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BROMISM

Find out the translation of bromism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bromism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bromism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

bromism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bromismo
570 millions of speakers

English

bromism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bromism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تسمم بالبروم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бромизму
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bromism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bromism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bromisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bromisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bromismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bromism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bromism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bromisme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bromism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bromism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Bromism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bromism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bromismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bromism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бромізму
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bromism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bromism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bromism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bromism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bromism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bromism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BROMISM»

The term «bromism» is used very little and occupies the 190.181 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BROMISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bromism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BROMISM»

Discover the use of bromism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bromism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bromism
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Bromism is the syndrome which results from the long-term use of the potassium bromide based sedatives.
Zheng Cirino, 2012
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Lewis' Dictionary of Toxicology
The fumes are noxious and both vapor and liquid are strong irritants, auacking especially the mucous membranes of the eyes and respiratory tract. Severe bromine poisoning can cause pulmonary edema. See also bromism, bromide, bromate.
Robert Alan Lewis, 1998
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The Fly in the Ointment: 70 Fascinating Commentaries on the ...
Some customers who used Bromo-Seltzer exhibited symptoms of bromine toxicity , known as "bromism." Symptoms range from sluggishness and slurred speech to confusion and acne-like eruptions on the skin. This response eventually led to ...
Joseph A. Schwarcz, 2004
4
MacDowell
... stating that it occurred most commonly “when larger quantities ofa bromide are added to the developer.”20 It is very possible, then, that MacDowell had suffered from chronic bromism for years. His initial exposure to low levels of bromide in ...
E. Douglas Bomberger, 2013
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Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal ...
Congenital effects of bromism? Lancet 1972;2:705. 4. Finken RL, Robertson WO. Transplacental bromism. Am J Dis Child 1963;106:224–6. 5. Mangurten HH, Ban R. Neonatal hypotonia secondary to transplacental bromism. J Pediatr 1974 ...
Gerald G. Briggs, Roger K. Freeman, Sumner J. Yaffe, 2012
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Treatment Without Consent: Law, Psychiatry and the Treatment ...
Bromism merited scant mention in the spate of articles on bromides in the 1865 issues of the Journal of Mental Science, which dwelt on their advantageous sedative effect not only on cerebro-spinal functions, but also on the libido.6 The ...
Phil Fennell, 2002
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The Inman Diary: A Public and Private Confession
Further, I suspect that many of the skipped days in the Diary are related to bromism, which might easily have interrupted even Arthur's unenergetic routine. Part of his description of himself at 49 indicates how closely bromism, I believe, reduced ...
Arthur Crew Inman, Daniel Aaron, 1985
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Marx Industries, inc., Sawmills, North Carolina.
Bromism. and. Questionnaire. Assessment. of. Solvent-Related. Symptoms. Of the four Marx workers who had been hospitalized prior to the HHE, one had a serum Br level (measured during hospitalization) ...
9
Comprehensive Handbook of Iodine: Nutritional, Biochemical, ...
The clinical symptoms of chronic bromide poisoning (so-called bromism) are very well-known and have been described in an almost endless list of publications since the introduction of bromides as medicines in the second half of the ...
Victor R. Preedy, Gerard N. Burrow, Ronald Ross Watson, 2009
10
Small Animal Critical Care Medicine
In contrast to PB, hepatotoxicity is not a concern with administration of KBr, but pancreatitis has been reported when used in combination with PB in dogs.22 Signs of neurotoxicity (bromism) can occur at serum bromide concentrations within ...
Deborah Silverstein, Kate Hopper, 2008

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BROMISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bromism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Florida horticulture pioneer also peddled patent medicine
Because the body can't eliminate bromides very efficiently, chronic use resulted in bromism, a common cause of admission to psychiatric ... «The News-Press, May 15»
2
Pepsi Launches 60-Calorie Soda With Controversial Ingredient
It shouldn't take this long, and I want to know how many of my health problems are due to bromism. Reply · Like. · 5 · October 1, 2014 at 3:39pm. «Huffington Post, Oct 14»
3
Brominated vegetable oil: additive linked to negative health effects
Eventually, doctors diagnosed bromism, known historically in medicine from the overuse of bromide salts used in sleeping pills. The patient ... «The Guardian, May 14»
4
Your Powerade Is Now Free of Flame Retardant
The symptoms of bromism, the syndrome caused by consuming too much bromine, include hallucinations, terrible rashes, and severe ... «TakePart, May 14»
5
US beverage industry should ban BVO in soft drinks – German …
... who “daily consumed 2-4 L BVO-containing soft drink suffered from severe bromism and his serum bromide was at 3180 mg/L (39.8 mmol/L). «BeverageDaily.com, Mar 12»
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Flame Retardant in Your Mountain Dew? Yep
... far more common, and they cause far more deaths than bromism ever did," said Dr. Marcel Casavant, chief of pharmacology and toxicology ... «ABC News, Dec 11»
7
Parents Warned of Teething Medicine's Dangers
The health department also noted that chronic ingestion of bromides over time by older children and adults may cause “bromism,” marked by ... «New York Times, Jul 09»

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