A toxic condition or disease caused by excessive exposure to or ingestion of compounds containing both bromine and iodine.
From bromoiodide + -ism (state or condition of). Medical terminology from the late 1800s when bromine and iodine compounds were used medicinally.
In the Victorian era, doctors prescribed bromine and iodine compounds for everything from anxiety to epilepsy, but patients could develop bromoiodism—one of medicine's cautionary tales about treating symptoms without understanding toxicology.
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