<h1>Bromize</h1> <Xpage=184>
<hw>Bro"mize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Photog.)</fld> <def>To prepare or treat with bromine; <as>as, to <ex>bromize</ex> a silvered plate</as>.</def>
<h1>Bromlife</h1> <Xpage=184>
<hw>Brom"life</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Bromley</ets> Hill, near Alston, Cumberland, England.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between witherite and strontianite; -- called also <altname>alstonite</altname>.</def>
<h1>Bromoform</h1> <Xpage=184>
<hw>Bro"mo*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Brom</ets>ine + <ets>form</ets>yl.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless liquid, <chform>CHBr3</chform>, having an agreeable odor and sweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromine and caustic potash upon wood spirit, alcohol, or acetone, as also by certain other reactions. In composition it is the same as chloroform, with the substitution of bromine for chlorine. It is somewhat similar to chloroform in its effects.</def>
<i>Watts.</i>
<h1>Brompicrin</h1> <Xpage=184>
<hw>Brom*pi"crin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G. <ets>brompikrin</ets>; <ets>brom</ets> bromine + <ets>pikrin</ets>s\'84ure picric acid.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A pungent colorless explosive liquid, <chform>CNO2Br3</chform>, analogous to and resembling chlorpicrin.</def> <altsp>[Spelt also <asp>brompikrin</asp>.]</altsp>
<h1>Bromuret</h1> <Xpage=184>
<hw>Brom"u*ret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Bromide</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Bromyrite</h1> <Xpage=184>
<hw>Brom"y*rite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bromine</ets> + Gr. <?/ silver.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Silver bromide, a rare mineral; -- called also <altname>bromargyrite</altname>.</def>
<h1>Bronchi</h1> <Xpage=184>
<hw>Bron"chi</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <er>Bronchus</er>.</def>
<h1>Bronchia</h1> <Xpage=184>
<hw>Bron"chi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L. , <ets>pl</ets>. Cf. <er>Bronchus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi.</def>
<i>Dunglison.</i>
<h1>Bronchial</h1> <Xpage=184>
<hw>Bron"chi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>bronchial</ets>. See <er>Bronchia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the lungs.</def>
<cs><col>Bronchial arteries</col>, <cd>branches of the descending aorta, accompanying the bronchia in all their ramifications.</cd> -- <col>Bronchial cells</col>, <cd>the air cells terminating the bronchia.</cd> -- <col>Bronchial glands</col>, <cd>glands whose functions are unknown, seated along the bronchia.</cd> -- <col>Bronchial membrane</col>, <cd>the mucous membrane lining the bronchia.</cd> -- <col>Bronchial tube</col>, <cd>the bronchi, or the bronchia.</cd></cs>
<h1>Bronchic</h1> <Xpage=184>
<hw>Bron"chic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Bronchial.</def>
<h1>Bronchiole</h1> <Xpage=184>
<hw>Bron"chi*ole</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A minute bronchial tube.</def>
<h1>Bronchitic</h1> <Xpage=184>
<hw>Bron*chit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to bronchitis; <as>as, <ex>bronchitic</ex> inflammation</as>.</def>
<h1>Bronchitis</h1> <Xpage=184>
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