Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DE2. (Min.) A rose-red mineral, crystallized and earthy, a hydrous arseniate of cobalt, known also as cobalt bloom; -- called also erythrin or erythrine. E·ryth`ro·chro"ic (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having, or subject to, erythrochroism. E·ryth"ro·chro·ism (?), n. [Gr. ερυθροσ red + ? color.] (Zoöl.) An unusual redness, esp. in the plumage of birds, or hair of mammals, independently of age, sex, or season. E·ryth`ro·dex"trin (?), n. [Gr. ερυθροσ red + E. dextrin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A dextrin which gives a red color with iodine. See Dextrin. E·ryth"ro·gen (?), n. [Gr. ερυθροσ red + -gen.] (Chem.) (a) Carbon disulphide; -- so called from certain red compounds which it produces in combination with other substances. (b) A substance reddened by acids, which is supposed to be contained in flowers. (c) A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia. E·ryth`ro·gran"u·lose (?), n. [Gr. ερυθροσ red + E. granulose.] (Physiol. Chem.) A term applied by Brücke to a substance present in small amount in starch granules, colored red by iodine. Er"y·throid (?), a. [Gr. ερυθροσ red + -oid: cf. Gr. ?.] Of a red color; reddish; as, the erythroid tunic (the cremaster muscle). Er`y·thro"le·ic (?), a. [Gr. ερυθροσ red + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) Having a red color and oily appearance; -- applied to a purple semifluid substance said to be obtained from archil. Er`y·thro"le·in (?), n. [See Erythroleic.] (Chem.) A red substance obtained from litmus. E·ryth`ro·lit"min (?), n. [Gr. ερυθροσ red + E. litmus.] (Chem.) Erythrolein. Er`y·thro"ni·um (?), n. [NL., from Gr. ? a kind of plant, fr. ερυθροσ red.] (Chem.) A name originally given (from its red acid) to the metal vanadium. [R.] E·ryth`ro·phle"ine (?; 104), n. (Chem.) A white crystalline alkaloid, extracted from sassy bark (Erythrophleum Guineense). |