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- Albumin - n. - A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water and is coagulated by heat and by certain chemical reagents.
- Albuminate - n. - A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance.
- Albuminiferous - a. - Supplying albumen.
- Albuminimeter - n. - An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
- Albuminin - n. - The substance of the cells which inclose the white of birds' eggs.
- Albuminiparous - a. - Producing albumin.
- Albuminoid - a. - Resembling albumin.
- Albuminoid - n. - One of a class of organic principles (called also proteids) which form the main part of organized tissues.
- Albuminoidal - a. - Of the nature of an albuminoid.
- Albuminose - n. - A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone.
- Albuminose - a. - Pertaining to, or containing, albumen; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin.
- Albuminous - a. - Alt. of Albuminose
- Albuminuria - n. - A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.
- Ovalbumen - n. - The albumin from white of eggs; egg albumin; -- in distinction from serum albumin. See Albumin.
- Spermatin - n. - A substance allied to alkali albumin and to mucin, present in semen, to which it is said to impart the mucilaginous character.
- Hymenogeny - n. - The production of artificial membranes by contact of two fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the latter are surrounded by a thin film of the former.
- Propeptone - n. - A product of gastric digestion intermediate between albumin and peptone, identical with hemialbumose.
- Antialbumid - n. - A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone.
- Albumose - n. - A compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used also in combination, as antialbumose, hemialbumose.
- Albuminose - n. - A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone.
- Coagulation - n. - The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification.
- Poluria - n. - A persistently excessive flow of watery urine, with low specific gravity and without the presence of either albumin or sugar. It is generally accompanied with more or less thirst.
- Bright's disease - - An affection of the kidneys, usually inflammatory in character, and distinguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal casts in the urine. Several varieties of Bright's disease are now recognized, differing in the part of the kidney involved, and in the intensity and course of the morbid process.
- Metalbumin - n. - A form of albumin found in ascitic and certain serous fluids. It is sometimes regarded as a mixture of albumin and mucin.
- Lactoabumin - n. - The albumin present on milk, apparently identical with ordinary serum albumin. It is distinct from the casein of milk.
- Albuminate - n. - A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance.
- Hemiprotein - n. - An insoluble, proteid substance, described by Schutzenberger, formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone.
- Albuminuria - n. - A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.