Part 3914

<h1>Eryngo</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>E*ryn"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus Eryngium.</def>

<h1>Erysipelas</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Er`y*sip"e*las</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ red + <?/ hide, skin. See <er>Red</er>, and <er>Pell</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically.</def>

<h1>Erysipelatoid</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Er`y*si*pel"a*toid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ erysipelas + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling erysipelas.</def>

<h1>Erysipelatous</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Er`y*si*pel"a*tous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82rysip\'82lateux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling erysipelas, or partaking of its nature.</def>

<h1>Erysipelous</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Er`y*sip"e*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Erysipelatous.</def>

<h1>Erythema</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Er`y*the"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to redden, fr. <?/ red.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size.</def>

<h1>Erythematic</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Er`y*the*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82ryth\'82matique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Characterized by, or causing, a morbid redness of the skin; relating to erythema.</def>

<h1>Erythematous</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Er`y*them"a*tous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Relating to, or causing, erythema.</def>

<h1>Erythrean, Erythr\'91an</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw><hw>Er`y*thre"an</hw>, <hw>Er`y*thr\'91"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>erythraeus</ets>; Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ red.]</ety> <def>Red in color.</def> "The <i>erythrean</i> main."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Erythric</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>E*ryth"ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, erythrin.</def>

<h1>Erythrin, Erythrine</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw><hw>E*ryth"rin</hw>, <hw>E*ryth"rine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ red.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless crystalline substance, <chform>C20H22O10</chform>, extracted from certain lichens, as the various species of <spn>Rocella</spn>. It is a derivative of orsellinic acid. So called because of certain red compounds derived from it. Called also <i>erythric</i> acid.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See <er>Erythrite</er>, 2.</def>

<h1>Erythrina</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Er`y*thri"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ red.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral tree; -- so called from its red flowers.</def>

<h1>Erythrism</h1> <Xpage=508>