erythrol Chem.
(ˈɛrɪθrɒl)
[f. erythrite + -ol.]
1. = erythritol.
| 1879 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XXXVI. 664 Erythrol (erythrite) mixed with hay-water yielded a trace of alcohol. 1910 Practitioner Feb. 277 Erythrol tetranitrate is said to have less effect than liquor trinitrini. 1940 A. J. Clark Appl. Pharmacol. (ed. 7) xxi. 402 Organic nitrates, such as nitro-glycerine and erythrol tetranitrate, act like nitrites. |
2. (See quot. 1908.) (Disused.)
| 1900 in Dorland Med. Dict. 1908 Practitioner Feb. 279 For butyric fermentation, is used erythrol, a red powder insoluble in water, which is a double iodide of bismuth and cinchonidine. |