Definition of Albuminous

1. Adjective. Relating to or containing or resembling albumin.

Partainyms: Albumin
Derivative terms: Albumin

Definition of Albuminous

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to albumin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Albuminous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Albuminous

1. Relating to, containing, or consisting of albumin. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Albuminous

albuminin
albuminiparous
albuminised iron
albuminization
albuminize
albuminocholia
albuminocytologic dissociation
albuminogenous
albuminoid
albuminoidal
albuminolysis
albuminoptysis
albuminorrhoea
albuminose
albuminoses
albuminous (current term)
albuminous cell
albuminous degeneration
albuminous gland
albuminous swelling
albuminousness
albumins
albuminuria
albuminuria of athletes
albuminurias
albuminuric
albuminuric retinitis
albumose
albumoses
albumosuria

Literary usage of Albuminous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"In an albuminous alveolus the cells are rather smaller than those in a loaded mucous ... In fact an albuminous cell does not at first sight appear to differ ..."

2. Lessons in Elementary Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe (1882)
"The albuminous substances are primarily built up by plants, from the very ... Even in the plant the albuminous substances differ in chemical reactions, ..."

3. Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1917)
"albuminous Matter.—albuminous matter seriously interferes with the efficiency ... Chlorinated lime and potassium permanganate attack albuminous matter with ..."

4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1862)
"As soon as the urine becomes bloody and albuminous, and the system œdematous, ... In examining albuminous urine 1 have observed a source of fallacy in the ..."

5. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Mackenzie, Thomas Wharton Jones (1854)
"Molluscum or albuminous tumour occurs much more frequently in children than in ... The eyelids often present numerous albuminous tumours, and sometimes they ..."

6. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1869)
"ON THE albuminous SUBSTANCES OF THE BLOOD- SERUM. ... To obtain it pure it must of course be separated from the two other albuminous substances. ..."

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