Difficult or labored breathing caused by bromine or bromide poisoning, a symptom of bromism.
From bromo- (bromine) + -pnea (from Greek 'pnoe' meaning breathing, as in apnea or dyspnea). This medical term literally means 'bromine breathing difficulty'.
Bromopnea was a documented symptom in Victorian patients addicted to bromide medicines—their breathing became shallow and labored as the toxic bromine accumulated in their lungs and nervous system.
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