[f. BROM-INE + AL-COHOL; cf. CHLORAL.] A compound analogous to chloral, produced by the action of bromine on alcohol.
1875. H. Wood, Therap. (1879), 333. Clinical experience with bromal hydrate is still wanting.
1877. Watts, Fownes’ Chem., II. 253. Tribromaldehyde or Bromal.
