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

To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an albuminous solution; as, to albuminize paper.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

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