albuminin

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

albumin +‎ -in?

Noun[edit]

albuminin (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) The substance of the cells that enclose the white of birds' eggs.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for albuminin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)