Vocabulary : Erythrism to Erythrolein

Erythrism : A condition of excessive redness. See Erythrochroism.
Erythrite : A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; -- called also erythrol, erythroglucin, erythromannite, pseudorcin, cobalt bloom, and under the name phycite obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris. It is a tetrabasic alcohol, corresponding to glycol and glycerin. ;; A rose-red mineral, crystallized and earthy, a hydrous arseniate of cobalt, known also as cobalt bloom; -- called also erythrin or erythrine.
Erythrochroic : Having, or subject to, erythrochroism.
Erythrochroism : An unusual redness, esp. in the plumage of birds, or hair of mammals, independently of age, sex, or season.
Erythrodextrin : A dextrin which gives a red color with iodine. See Dextrin.

Erythrogen : Carbon disulphide; -- so called from certain red compounds which it produces in combination with other substances. ;; A substance reddened by acids, which is supposed to be contained in flowers. ;; A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia.
Erythrogranulose : A term applied by Brucke to a substance present in small amount in starch granules, colored red by iodine.
Erythroid : Of a red color; reddish; as, the erythroid tunic (the cremaster muscle).
Erythroleic : Having a red color and oily appearance; -- applied to a purple semifluid substance said to be obtained from archil.
Erythrolein : A red substance obtained from litmus.

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