PURPURIN

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 15

n. Pu6r'pu2r-i2n. Fr., purpurine. Ger., P. 1. A dye, C14H,,O6 = Ci4H6(OH)3, obtained formerly from madder, and now artificially by the oxidation of alizarin. [B, 2.] 2. Of G. Bird, see URO-ERYTHRIN. too; Ua, blue; U8, lull; U*. full; U. urn; U, like u (German). [s. 361]