bromide

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Go to sleep now and get over it But though bathed and fed and dosed with bromide,--bromide is a standard prescription at the Florence Mission,--Mamie Anderson did not get over it.

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  1. noun A binary compound of bromine with another element, such as silver.
  2. noun Potassium bromide.
  3. noun A commonplace remark or notion; a platitude. See Synonyms at cliché.
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  • The doctor had given her a bromide, and she was in her room. —  151 - Terror Takes Seven
  • He said it was some kind of bromide, Hart added vaguely. —  A Wreath for Rivera - also as Swing, Brother, Swing - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 15: 1949
  • Masler's research with biogenic amines and other biochemicals is part of a long-term effort to devise environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional pesticides, particularly the fumigant methyl bromide, which is restricted for all but critical uses because of its toxicity. —  foodconsumer.org
  • And we cannot shrug off the facts by repeating the bromide, "I'm not a member of any organized religion - I'm a Baptist." —  Biblical Recorder
  • Three-dimensional crystals of PSII from Thermosynechococcus elongatus were grown from (i) isolated PSII crystals infiltrated with bromide or (ii) PSII obtained from cells cultured in a medium in which the chloride content was totally replaced by bromide. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
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