SERUM ALBUMIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does serum albumin mean? 

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

1. albumin occurring in blood serum; serves to maintain the somatic pressure of the blood

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERUM ALBUMIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Albumin occurring in blood serum; serves to maintain the somatic pressure of the blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

albumen; albumin (a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids)

Holonyms ("serum albumin" is a substance of...):

blood serum; serum (an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates)

 Context examples 

The serum albumin binding also increases T1-relaxivity of gadofosveset.

(Gadofosveset, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic radiopharmaceutical in which human serum albumin (HSA) is radiolabelled with iodine 131.

(Iodinated I-131 Serum Albumin, 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)

A broad-spectrum peptide nucleic acid formulation comprised of breakdown products of casein, peptone, RNA and serum albumin, with potential anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, anti-anorectic and anti-cachexia activities.

(Immunomodulator OHR/AVR118, 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)

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)

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)

Upon intravenous injection, iodine-131 human serum albumin is slowly deiodinated in vivo, releasing radioactive iodide that is taken up by thyroid gland.

(Iodinated I-131 Serum Albumin, NCI Thesaurus)