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
Moreover, a high temperature continuing for a time tends to produce degenerative changes, albuminous and fatty, in the tissues, the more rapidly the higher the temperature, so that the functions of organs are seriously impaired.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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
The exudation, on the contrary, is highly albuminous, though less so than the blood-plasma; it contains numerous leucocytes and much fibrin; under ordinary circumstances there are but few red blood-corpuscles.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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