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Definition of: erythrism
(i·rith′riz·əm) noun
1. Morbid fondness for red.
2. Abnormal or excessive redness, especially when exhibited by certain dichromatic birds, as the screech owl, which has two distinct plumage phases, one grayish and the other red.
—er·y·thris·mal (er′ə·thriz′məl), er′y·thris′tic adjective
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