Medical term:
albumen
o·val·bu·min
(ō'văl-byū'min),The chief protein occurring in the white of egg and resembling serum albumin; also found in phosphorylated form.
Synonym(s): albumen, egg albumin
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albumen
(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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al·bu·min
(al-bū'min)A type of simple protein, varieties of which are widely distributed throughout the tissues and fluids of plants and animals; albumin is soluble in pure water, precipitable from solution by strong acids, and coagulable by heat in acid or neutral solution.
[L. albumen (-min-), the white of egg]
o·val·bu·min
(ōv'al-bū'min)The chief protein occurring in the white of egg and resembling serum albumin; also found in phosphorylated form.
Synonym(s): albumen, egg albumin.
Synonym(s): albumen, egg albumin.
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albumen
1. A nutritive substance surrounding a developing EMBRYO, as in the white of an egg.
2. ALBUMIN.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
albumen
oregg white
a solution of protein in water which is secreted by the oviduct of birds and some reptiles. Albumen surrounds the embryo and yolk which it cushions within the shell of the egg. It is eventually absorbed by the embryo as food.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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