| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Carbon disulphide; -- so called from certain red compounds which it produces in combination with other substances.[Websters]
2. A substance reddened by acids, which is supposed to be contained in flowers.[Websters] 3. A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia.[Websters]. | |
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Date "ERYTHROGEN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Erythrogen \E*ryth"ro*gen\, noun. [from Greek expression 'eryqro`s red -gen.]. (references) |
