Bromide (disambiguation)

Bromide can refer to:

In language:

• Bromide (language), a figure of speech meaning a tranquilizing phrase, cliché or platitude used as a verbal sedative

In chemistry:

• Bromide, the anion of bromine, or any ionic salt containing bromide as the only anion, or (as a common name) any covalent compound containing bromine in the -1 oxidation state.
• Potassium bromide, an anticonvulsant and sedative (most pharmacologic information is here)
• Sodium bromide, an anticonvulsant and sedative

In photography

• Bromide paper, paper coated with an emulsion of silver bromide, used primarily for photographic prints

In Japanese culture

• Bromide (Japanese culture), commercial photographic portraits of celebrities including geisha, singers, actors and sports-people

In geography

• Bromide, Oklahoma, a small village in the southern central part of the state.
• Bromide Basin, a basin in Utah