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ALBUMEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
Example:
she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs
Synonyms:
albumen; egg white; ovalbumin; white
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("albumen" is a kind of...):
fixings; ingredient (food that is a component of a mixture in cooking)
Holonyms ("albumen" is a part of...):
egg; eggs (oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids
Synonyms:
albumen; albumin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("albumen" is a kind of...):
simple protein (a protein that yields only amino acids when hydrolyzed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "albumen"):
ricin; ricin toxin (a toxic protein extracted from castor beans; used as a chemical reagent; can be used as a bioweapon)
lactalbumin (albumin occurring in milk)
serum albumin (albumin occurring in blood serum; serves to maintain the somatic pressure of the blood)
