The chemical process of removing bromine atoms or bromine compounds from a molecule or substance.
From 'debrominate' + '-tion'. Emerged as technical chemistry vocabulary in the 1950s-60s as industrial use of brominated chemicals expanded.
Debromination is now a critical environmental remediation process—scientists are developing organisms and chemical methods to remove toxic brominated compounds from contaminated sites and even human tissue.
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