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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When tracheids occur in the medullary rays of the xylem these are replaced in the phloem-region by irregular parenchymatous cells known as albuminous cells.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
This membrane, with the albuminous fluid it contains and the animalcule in the center of it, constitutes the ovum or egg.
From Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question by Knowlton, Charles
In amyloid degeneration there is the transformation of the cell-protoplasm into an albuminous material different from other albuminates found in the body.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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