albuminous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of albuminous
1785–95; < Late Latin albūmin-, stem of albūmen albumen + -ous
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Don’t let the mixture boil, or the whites will turn to albuminous ribbons, the yolks to rubble, and the lovely color, like a newly painted parlor, will be wrecked.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 23, 2017
He swallowed large quantities of egg white in a desperate attempt to induce an albuminous condition and get a medical deferment, but the army inducted him anyway.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the chemical changes that attend the migration of the carbohydrates and albuminous materials from the leaf back into twig and trunk and root for safe keeping go on no matter what the weather.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Julia Ellen Rogers
Examined with a microscope, the speck is seen to be a spherical mass of orange-coloured, homogeneous, albuminous matter, surrounded by a delicate, structureless membrane.
From On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by Sir John Lubbock
In another instance, a child of five years, from three to four weeks after scarlet fever was noticed to have anasarca of the face and extremities, with scanty and albuminous urine.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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