albuminoid
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We may say, then, that a living being is a transformer of energy and of matter, containing certain albuminoid substances, with an evolutionary form, the constitution of which is essentially liquid.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
It has been objected that osmotic productions cannot be compared with living organisms since they contain no albuminoid matter.
From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane
When, however, a large number of cells of any given organ contain more than the normal quantity of these albuminoid granules, the appearance of the organ becomes modified.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Chemists are distracted by the difficulties which the instability of albuminoid compounds opposes to their study.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William
And when present in the blood, it rapidly attracts both water and hemoglobin from the corpuscular and albuminoid elements of that fluid, and thereby diminishes its reception and distribution of oxygen.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir
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