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Definition of Albumen

1. Noun. A simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids.

2. Noun. 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"

Definition of Albumen

1. n. The white of an egg.

Definition of Albumen

1. the white of an egg [n -S]

Medical Definition of Albumen

1. 1. The white of an egg. 2. Nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. It is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc. 3. Same as Albumin. Origin: L, fr. Albus white. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Albumen

albuca Albuginaceae albuginea albuginea albugineotomy albugineous albugo Albugo albugos Albula

Albula vulpes Albulidae album album albumen (current term) albumen (current term) albumens albumin albumin albumin-globulin ratio

albuminate albuminaturia albuminiferous albuminin albuminiparous albuminised iron albuminocholia albuminocytologic dissociation albuminogenous albuminoid

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