Potassium Bromide

Definition: Potassium Bromide

Potassium Bromide

Noun

1. A white crystalline salt (KBr) used as a sedative and in photography.

Specialty Definition: Potassium bromide

Potassium bromide (KBr) is a salt, used as an anticonvulsant and a sedative in the 1800s. In a dilute aqueous solution, potassium bromide tastes sweet, at higher concentration it tastes bitter, and when most concentrated it tastes salty to humans.

External Resources

Taylor, Rattray Gordon. The Natural History of the Mind. ISBN 0-525-16424-3, 1979 E. P. Dutton. pp.181
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Modern Translation: Potassium Bromide

Language		Translations for "potassium bromide"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		kaliumbromide. (various references)

French		bromure de potassium. (various references)

Pig Latin		otassiumpay omidebray

Russian		бромистый калий. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings: Potassium Bromide

Misspellings
	"Potassium Bromide" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: potassium bromate. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: Potassium Bromide

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