albuminous

[ al-byoo-muh-nuhs ]

adjective

1. of, containing, or resembling albumen.

albuminous

/ ælˈbjuːmɪnəs /

adjective

1. of or containing albumin

Word History and Origins

Origin of albuminous¹

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

In amyloid degeneration there is the transformation of the cell-protoplasm into an albuminous material different from other albuminates found in the body.

From Project Gutenberg