ALBUMIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does albumin mean? 

• ALBUMIN (noun)
  The noun ALBUMIN has 1 sense:

1. a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids

  Familiarity information: ALBUMIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALBUMIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

albumen; albumin

Hypernyms ("albumin" is a kind of...):

simple protein (a protein that yields only amino acids when hydrolyzed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "albumin"):

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)

Derivation:

albuminous (relating to or containing or resembling albumin)

 Context examples 

Note that the newer International Staging System defines stage I quite differently: Beta-2-microglobulin less than 3.5 and albumin greater than or equal to 3.5 (median survival of 62 months).

(DS Stage I Plasma Cell Myeloma, NCI Thesaurus/PDQ)

Note that the newer International Staging System defines stage II quite differently: Beta-2-microglobulin less than 3.5 and albumin less than 3.5 or beta-2-microglobulin 3.5 to less than 5.5 (median survival of 44 months).

(DS Stage II Plasma Cell Myeloma, NCI Thesaurus/PDQ)

An osmotically neutral fluid generally consisting of 7.5-10% Dextran-40 and 5% human albumin in saline.

(Dextran-Albumin Solution, NCI Thesaurus)

It uses the formula: Corrected calcium (mg/dL) = measured total Ca (mg/dL) + 0.8 (4.0 - serum albumin [g/dL]), where 4.0 represents the average albumin level.

(Corrected Serum Calcium Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

The protein is thought to be the fetal counterpart of serum albumin, and the alpha-fetoprotein and albumin genes are present in tandem in the same transcriptional orientation on chromosome 4.

(Alpha-fetoprotein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

This agent is highly bound to albumin and is largely excreted unchanged in the urine.

(Furosemide, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon injection, gadofosveset binds reversibly to endogenous serum albumin which increases its intravascular retention time compared to non-protein binding contrast agents.

(Gadofosveset, NCI Thesaurus)

A sterile non-pyrogenic suspension of microspheres of human serum albumin with the stable, high-molecular-weight fluorocarbon gas perflutren, used as a contrast enhancement agent for ultrasound procedures.

(Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres, NCI Thesaurus)

The macrolide antibiotic rapamycin bound to nanoparticle albumin with immunosuppressant (see sirolimus) and potential antiangiogenic and antineoplastic activities.

(Nanoparticle Albumin-Bound Rapamycin, NCI Thesaurus)

It is associated with hypoalbuminemia due to albumin loss from the stomach.

(Giant hypertrophic gastritis, NCI Thesaurus)