A chemical compound or substance containing bromine as a key component, often used in scientific nomenclature.
From Greek 'bromos' meaning 'stench' (due to bromine's strong smell), with the Latin suffix '-ius' used in scientific naming conventions for chemical compounds.
Bromine was named by French chemist Antoine-Jérôme Balard in 1826 specifically because of its awful smell—'bromos' means stench in Greek! The element was so pungent that early chemists had to work with it in specially ventilated labs.
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