Chem. Also -ine. [ad. G. urorhodin (Heller), f. uro- URO-1 + Gr. ῥόδ-ον the rose + -IN1.] A red coloring matter or pigment found in the urine in certain morbid conditions.
1846. G. E. Day, trans. Simon’s Anim. Chem., II. 522. Uroglaucin and urrhodin occur in diseases … similar in one [character]—the presence of an excess of urea in the blood.
1863. W. O. Markham, trans. Anal. Urine, etc. 45. In an amorphous state, urrhodine forms rosy-red granules.
1889. [see UROGLAUCIN].
Hence Urrhodinic a., pertaining to or derived from urrhodin.
1886. R. Kirk, in Brit. Med. Jrnl., 27 Nov., 1018/2. We would propose to call it, from its source and from its colour, Urrhodinic acid. Ibid. The crystals of urrhodinic acid.
