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Albumen

//ˈælbjʊmən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water. countable, uncountable

    "The various elements found in food are the following: Starch, sugar, fats, albumen, mineral substances, indigestible substances."

  2. 2
    the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water wordnet
  3. 3
    The endosperm of flowering plants. archaic, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids wordnet

Etymology

From Latin albūmen (“white of an egg”), from albus (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos (“white”).

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