Medical Definition of Erythristic
1. Relating to or marked by erythrism; having a ruddy complexion and reddish hair. Synonym: rufous. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Erythristic
Literary usage of Erythristic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"A third colour-phase, the " erythristic " or red, is represented by the sandy
cat, the female of which takes the form of the " tortoise-shell," ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1915)
"In a series of twenty-two specimens from the Pearl Islands, just one half show
more or less of this erythristic tendency. The other half of the series ..."
3. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1921)
"Evidence is presented that erythristic (red) in varieties of polecat and ferret
is a Mendelian character appearing with the loss of a "D" (dark-brown) ..."
4. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the by Oldfield Thomas (1888)
"Females from the island of Wai-giu, and those alone, are exactly like the strongly
spotted and generally semi- erythristic males found in the same island *. ..."
5. Practical Observations Upon the Chemistry of Food and Dietetics by John Blair Smith King (1906)
"The use of pure malt liquors in moderation is an excellent soother for an irritable
heart, for nervous, distracted states of mind and for erythristic ..."
6. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1868)
"The red quail was one of a covey of several birds, some displaying the erythristic
phase and others normally colored. After the collection of this ..."
7. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1904)
"... as an erythristic form of C. *r/«i< /•/', so far, at least, as the areas named
are concerned. 4. Contributions to the Anatomy of the Lacertilia. ..."
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