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BRAIDISM

\bɹˈe͡ɪdɪzəm], \bɹˈe‍ɪdɪzəm], \b_ɹ_ˈeɪ_d_ɪ_z_ə_m]\

Definitions of BRAIDISM

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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br[=a]d'ism, n. mesmerism or hypnotism. [From Dr James Braid, who practised it about 1842.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Hypnotism.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

(i.e. so called after Mr. Braid). Hypnotism (q.v.).

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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