Albuminous

//ælˈbjuː.mɪn.əs// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to, containing, or having the properties of albumen or albumin. not-comparable

    "Since writing this report, we found that the intravenous injection of nucleoprotein, casein, and probably also other albuminous substances may produce small necroses of liver tissue in the guinea pig."

Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or containing or resembling albumin wordnet

Synonyms

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albugineous

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"Since writing this report, we found that the intravenous injection of nucleoprotein, casein, and probably also other albuminous substances may produce small necroses of liver tissue in the guinea pig."

Etymology

From Latin albūminōsus, from albūmen + -ōsus. By surface analysis, albumin + -ous.

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