albuminous

American  

[al-byoo-muh-nuhs] / ælˈbyu mə nəs /

Also albuminose

adjective

1. of, containing, or resembling albumen.

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albuminous British  

/ ælˈbjuːmɪnəs /

adjective

1. of or containing albumin

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Etymology

Origin of albuminous

1785–95; < Late Latin albūmin-, stem of albūmen albumen + -ous

Example Sentences

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

Flowers in the axils of chaffy scales or glumes arranged in spikes or spikelets, without evident perianth; stamens 1–3; ovary 1-celled, 1-seeded; seed albuminous.

From Project Gutenberg

But if we arrive at that, we shall at the same time have produced organic life, for life, from its lowest to its highest forms, is but the normal mode of existence of albuminous bodies.

From Project Gutenberg

Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; Ð a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white.

From Project Gutenberg

On June 24th my attention was again called to the child, when the urine was found to be scanty and very albuminous.

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