ERYTHROGEN

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Carbon disulphide; -- so called from certain red compounds which it produces in combination with other substances.

2.
n.

A substance reddened by acids, which is supposed to be contained in flowers.

3.
n.

A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia.