Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
albumose . - Full of or containing albumen: applied to the seeds of certain plants, as grain, palms, etc.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of albumin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. See
peptone .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
albuminous .
Etymologies
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From albumin 'protein' (from French albumine, from Latin albumen 'egg white', from albus 'white')
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