albumen
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1. the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | fixings, ingredient, |
| definition | : | food that is a component of a mixture in cooking (noun.food) |
| part meronym | : | egg, eggs, |
| definition | : | oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food (noun.food) |
2. a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | simple protein, |
| definition | : | a protein that yields only amino acids when hydrolyzed (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | ricin, ricin toxin, |
| definition | : | a toxic protein extracted from castor beans; used as a chemical reagent; can be used as a bioweapon (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | lactalbumin, |
| definition | : | albumin occurring in milk (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | serum albumin, |
| definition | : | albumin occurring in blood serum; serves to maintain the somatic pressure of the blood (noun.substance) |
| derivation | : | albuminous, |
| definition | : | relating to or containing or resembling albumin (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | albuminous, |
| definition | : | relating to or containing or resembling albumin (adj.pert) |
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