Bromo-seltzer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of proprietary effervescent sedative containing a mixture of bromides.

    ""Wait a minute." Ida, with bedroom slippers clattering, hurried back to her room, returned with a bottle of bromo seltzer and in the bathroom fixed Susan a dose. "You'll feel all right in half an hour or so. Gee, but you're swell—with your own bathroom.""

  2. 2
    an antacid also containing aspirin wordnet

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bromo

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""Wait a minute." Ida, with bedroom slippers clattering, hurried back to her room, returned with a bottle of bromo seltzer and in the bathroom fixed Susan a dose. "You'll feel all right in half an hour or so. Gee, but you're swell—with your own bathroom.""

Etymology

From bromo- + seltzer.

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