albumin

American  

[al-byoo-muhn] / ælˈbyu mən /

Or albumen

noun

Biochemistry.

1. any of a class of simple, sulfur-containing, water-soluble proteins that coagulate when heated, occurring in egg white, milk, blood, and other animal and vegetable tissues and secretions.

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albumin British  

/ ˈælbjʊmɪn /

noun

1. any of a group of simple water-soluble proteins that are coagulated by heat and are found in blood plasma, egg white, etc

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albumin Scientific  

/ ăl-byo̅o̅′mĭn /

1. A class of proteins found in egg white, milk, blood, and various other plant and animal tissues. Albumins dissolve in water and form solid or semisolid masses when heated, such as cooked egg white.

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Etymology

Origin of albumin

album(en) + -in ²

Example Sentences

Separately, the value of the China albumin market has declined and would hit revenue by an additional US$200 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Analyst David Stanton says investors’ near-term focus is on CSL’s performance in immunoglobulin in the U.S. and in albumin in China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Allostatic load was calculated using body mass index, creatinine, hemoglobin, albumin, glucose, white blood count, heart rate and blood pressure.

From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2025

Bentonite clay, gelatin, egg albumin from egg whites, purified milk proteins called casein and isinglass made from the bladders of sturgeons, are all used to filter the wine through a process called “fining.”

From National Geographic • Jul. 20, 2023

When treated with .1 to .2% solution of hydrochloric acid it swells up, and at length forms a liquid resembling a solution of albumin, and laevorotatory as regards polarized light.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various