Definition of albumin
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Albumin (n.) A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water and is coagulated by heat and by certain chemical reagents..
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Milk ::
Milk (n.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts..
Albugineous ::
Albugineous (a.) Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white..
Fibrin ::
Fibrin (n.) A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood either by decomposition of fibrinogen, or from the union of fibrinogen and paraglobulin which exist separately in the blood. It is insoluble in water, but is readily digestible in gastric and pancreatic juice..
Paraglobulin ::
Paraglobulin (n.) An albuminous body in blood serum, belonging to the group of globulins. See Fibrinoplastin..
Peptone ::
Peptone (n.) Collectively, in a broader sense, all the products resulting from the solution of albuminous matter in either gastric or pancreatic juice. In this case, however, intermediate products (albumose bodies), such as antialbumose, hemialbumose, etc., are mixed with the true peptones. Also termed albuminose..
Lapis Lazuli ::
Lapis lazuli () An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color. Same as Lazuli, which see..
Albuminimeter ::
Albuminimeter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
Myosin ::
Myosin (n.) An albuminous body present in dead muscle, being formed in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis; the clot formed in the coagulation of muscle plasma. See Muscle plasma, under Plasma..
Bright''s Disease ::
Bright's disease () An affection of the kidneys, usually inflammatory in character, and distinguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal casts in the urine. Several varieties of Bright's disease are now recognized, differing in the part of the kidney involved, and in the intensity and course of the morbid process..
Antialbumid ::
Antialbumid (n.) A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone.
Metapeptone ::
Metapeptone (n.) An intermediate product formed in the gastric digestion of albuminous matter.
Coagulum ::
Coagulum (a.) The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of blood..
Hemiprotein ::
Hemiprotein (n.) An insoluble, proteid substance, described by Schutzenberger, formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone..
Paralbumin ::
Paralbumin (n.) A proteidlike body found in the fluid from ovarian cysts and elsewhere. It is generally associated with a substance related to, if not identical with, glycogen..
Albumose ::
Albumose (n.) A compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used also in combination, as antialbumose, hemialbumose..
Albuminose ::
Albuminose (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, albumen; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin..
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