albugineous, a.
(ælbjuːˈdʒɪniːəs)
[f. mod.L. albūgine-us (f. albūgin-em, see albūgo) + -ous.]
a. = albuginean. b. Of the nature of the white of an egg, albuminous.
| 1543 Traheron tr. Vigo's Chirurg. (1586) 430 Albugineus is that, y{supt} pertaineth to the white of the eye. 1664 Power Exp. Philos. i. 60 You shall observe in perfect Sanguineous Animals a circulation of an albugineous chylic-matter before the bloud have a being. 1836–39 Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. II. 263/2 An elementary organic solid, called by him the albugineous fibre. |