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ALBUMEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does albumen mean?
• ALBUMEN (noun)
The noun ALBUMEN has 2 senses:
1. a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids
2. the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
Familiarity information: ALBUMEN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
albumen; albumin
Hypernyms ("albumen" is a kind of...):
simple protein (a protein that yields only amino acids when hydrolyzed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "albumen"):
ricin; ricin toxin (a toxic protein extracted from castor beans; used as a chemical reagent; can be used as a bioweapon)
lactalbumin (albumin occurring in milk)
serum albumin (albumin occurring in blood serum; serves to maintain the somatic pressure of the blood)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
albumen; egg white; ovalbumin; white
Context example:
she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs
Hypernyms ("albumen" is a kind of...):
fixings; ingredient (food that is a component of a mixture in cooking)
Holonyms ("albumen" is a part of...):
egg; eggs (oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food)
Context examples
Transgenic hens carrying recombinant human G-CSF cDNA express the naturally glycosylated recombinant human protein in egg albumen from which glycosylated recombinant human G-CSF AVI-014 is isolated.
(Glycosylated Recombinant Human G-CSF AVI-014, NCI Thesaurus)
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