albumen
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albumen
the white of an egg
Not to be confused with:
albumin – a class of simple, sulfur-containing, water-soluble proteins
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al·bu·men
(ăl-byo͞o′mən)n.
1. The white of an egg, which consists mainly of albumin dissolved in water.
2. See albumin.
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albumen
(ˈælbjʊmɪn; -mɛn)n
1. (Zoology) the white of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance, mostly an albumin, that surrounds the yolk
2. (Botany) a rare name for endosperm
3. (Biochemistry) a variant spelling of albumin
[C16: from Latin: white of an egg, from albus white]
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al•bu•men
(ælˈbyu mən)n.
1. the white of an egg.
2. the nutritive matter around the embryo in a seed.
3. albumin.
[1590–1600; < Late Latin albūmen, derivative of Latin albus white]
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al·bu·men
(ăl-byo͞o′mən) The white of the egg of certain animals, especially birds and reptiles, consisting mostly of the protein albumin. The albumen supplies water to the growing embryo and also cushions it.
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albumen
, albumin - Albumen is the white of an egg, from Latin albus, "white"; albumin is a protein within the albumen.See also related terms for protein.
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Noun | 1. | albumen - a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids ricin, ricin toxin - a toxic protein extracted from castor beans; used as a chemical reagent; can be used as a bioweapon; "one milligram of ricin can kill an adult" lactalbumin - albumin occurring in milk serum albumin - albumin occurring in blood serum; serves to maintain the somatic pressure of the blood simple protein - a protein that yields only amino acids when hydrolyzed |
2. | albumen - the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water; "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs" fixings, ingredient - food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad" |
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albumin [ˈælbjʊmɪn] N (= egg white) → clara f de huevo (Bot) → albumen m (Chem) → albúmina fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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albumen
n → Albumin nt
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