a. Chem. [f. Gr. ἐρυθρ-ός red + -IC.] Erythric acid: † a. (see quot. 1840); b. = ERYTHRIN.
1840. Henry, Elem. Chem., II. 415. An acid has also been obtained by Brugnatelli, by acting on uric acid with nitric acid, which he has proposed to call erythric acid.
1861. H. Macmillan, Footnotes fr. Page Nature, 117. Schunk … discovered [in rock-moss or cudbear] a colourless crystalline acid, called erythric acid.
