Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Erythrogen
E·ryth′ro·gen, n. [Gr. ἐρυθρός red + -gen.] (Chem.) (a) Carbon disulphide; — so called from certain red compounds which it produces in combination with other substances. (b) A substance reddened by acids, which is supposed to be contained in flowers. (c) A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia.