albumose


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al·bu·mose

 (ăl′byə-mōs′, -mōz′)
n.
Any of a class of substances derived from albumins and formed by the enzymatic breakdown of proteins during digestion.

[French : albumine, albumin; see albumin + -ose, -ose; see -ose2.]
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albumose

(ˈælbjʊˌməʊs; -ˌməʊz)
n
(Biochemistry) the US name for proteose
[C19: from albumin + -ose2]
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