A compound containing both bromine and iodine atoms bonded to a central element or molecule (archaic or variant spelling of bromoiodide).
From bromo- (bromine) + iod- (iodine, from Greek iodes meaning violet-colored) + -id (chemical suffix). Used in older chemical nomenclature.
This word is a linguistic fossil from when chemists named compounds less systematically—it shows how halogen chemistry (bromides, iodides, chlorides) was gradually systematized in the 1800s.
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