seralbumen, -in Chem.
(ˌsɪərælˈbjuːmɛn, -ɪn)
Also sero-albumen.
[f. ser-um + albumen.]
The albumen of the blood. Hence seralˈbuminous (ˌsero-alˈbuminous) a., composed of or containing seralbumen.
| 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 63/1 An orange-yellow coloured sero-albuminous fluid. Ibid. 89/2 When coagulated seralbumen is digested in acetic acid, it becomes soft and transparent. 1857 [see ovalbumen]. 1873 C. H. Ralfe Phys. Chem. 28 Ovo-albumin is distinguished from sero-albumin by the following characteristics. 1878 Kingzett Anim. Chem. 124 Chyle contains potassium-albumin, casein, and seralbumin. |