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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
UROERYTHRIN
U `
ro
*e *
ryth
"
rin,
n.
Etym:
[
See
1st
Uro-,
and
Erythrin.
] (Physiol.
Chem.
)
Defn: A
reddish
urinary
pigment,
considered
as
the
substance
which
gives
to
the
urine
of
rheumatism
its
characteristic
color.
It
also
causes
the
red
color
often
seen
in
deposits
of
urates.