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Webster 1913 Edition


Uroerythrin

Uˊro-e-ryth′rin

,
Noun.
[See 1st
Uro-
, and
Erythrin
.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
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.