albumin Chem.
(ælˈbjuːmɪn)
[a. mod.Fr. albumine, f. L. albūmin- stem form of albumen.]
One of the classes of albuminoids, containing such as are soluble in water (= albumen 2), or in dilute acids or alkalis (acid or alkali albumins.)
| 1869 Roscoe Chem. 434 Albumin is seen in one of its purest forms in the white of egg. 1879 Syd. Soc. Lex. s.v., By some it is believed that ovum-albumin is a compound of several forms of albumin. 1881 Nature No. 615. 352 The derived albumins noted as acid-albumins. |