albuminous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of albuminous
1785–95; < Late Latin albūmin-, stem of albūmen albumen + -ous
Example Sentences
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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
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Crisis occurred on the fifth day, temperature falling 9°, sweating copious, urine 473 ccm. in twenty-four hours, color of porter, highly albuminous, and depositing blood, renal epithelium, hyaline, granular and epithelial casts, all stained reddish.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The reaction presented by a solution of sodium albuminate in the presence of neutral salts leads to the view that colloid material may represent a coagulation of an albuminous substance or substances under favoring conditions.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The ripe albuminous seed contains a single embryo with two or more cotyledons.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
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