Albumin Definition

ăl-byo͝omĭn
noun
Any of a class of simple, water-soluble proteins that can be coagulated by heat and are found in egg white, blood serum, milk, and many other animal and plant tissues.
American Heritage
Any of a group of water-soluble proteins found in milk, egg, muscle, blood, and in many vegetable tissues and fluids: albumins are coagulated by heat and are hydrolyzed to a number of amino acids.
Webster's New World
Any of a class of water-soluble proteins that are found in egg white, blood serum, milk, and many other animal and plant tissues.
American Heritage Medicine

(organic chemistry) A class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and play a role in stabilizing extracellular fluid volume.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Albumin

Noun

Singular:
albumin
Plural:
albumins

Origin of Albumin

  • album(en) –in

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Albumin Sentence Examples

  • The mucins and mucoids belong to this group; they are acid and contain no phosphorus; they give the albumin colour reactions but are not coagulated by heat.

  • P. Sabanezhev obtained the value 15,000 by Raoult's method for purified egg albumin.

  • Commonly these indices would use albumin and markers of immune status, such as total lymphocyte count, to screen patients.

  • A further bovine blood product, bovine serum albumin (BSA ), is often added to serum for nutritional purposes.

  • More on the Medicines Control Agency The Cochrane Injuries group was investigating the use of human albumin in the treatment of burns victims.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to albumin using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

AALALB

Words Ending With

NINMIN

Unscrambles

albumin

Words Starting With A and Ending With N

Starts With A & Ends With NStarts With AL & Ends With NStarts With A & Ends With IN

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With A7 Letter Words Ending With N