bromsulphalein

noun

brom·​sul·​pha·​lein ¦brōm-ˌsəl-ˈfa-lē-ən 

-səl-,

-ˈfā-

variants or Bromsulphalein

medical

: a dye C₂₀H₁₀Br₄O₁₀S₂ derived from phenolphthalein that is used in the form of its bitter white crystalline disodium salt in a liver function test

Word History

Etymology

shortened and altered from phenoltetrabromphthalein sodium sulphonate

Note: Term probably introduced by Sanford M. Rosenthal and Edwin C. White in "Clinical application of the bromsulphalein test for hepatic function," Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 84, no. 15 (April 11, 1925), pp. 1112-14.

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