Definition of Serum albumin

1. Noun. Albumin occurring in blood serum; serves to maintain the somatic pressure of the blood.

Substance meronyms: Blood Serum, Serum
Generic synonyms: Albumen, Albumin

Medical Definition of Serum albumin

1. The serum level of the low molecular protein albumin. Albumin, produced by the liver, plays an important role in maintaining plasma oncotic pressure. Normal serum albumin should be 3.5-5.0 grams per decilitre. Low serum albumin can be found in cases of liver disease and malnutrition. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Serum Albumin

serue
seruewe
seruewed
seruewes
seruewing
seruice
seruices
serum
serum-fast
serum TIBC
serum accelerator
serum accelerator globulin
serum accident
serum agar
serum agglutinin
serum albumin (current term)
serum amyloid
serum bactericidal test
serum bicarbonate
serum disease
serum erythropoietin
serum ferritin
serum globulin
serum globulins
serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase
serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase
serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase

Literary usage of Serum albumin

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

1. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"Serum-albumin belongs to the group of albumins, of rhich egg-albumin constitutes ... Serum-albumin usually occurs in be body-liquids together with the ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"of sodium chloride is used to prove the presence of serum- albumin. ... If a massive reaction, there is usually serum-albumin with serum- globulin; ..."

3. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"Serum-albumin belongs to the group of albumins, of which egg-albumin constitutes ... Serum-albumin shows the general reactions of the native albumins. ..."

4. The Medical Clinics of North America by Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1918)
"coupled with a restricted intake, might make a change in the serum protein in this particular individual. Estimation of the total protein, serum albumin, ..."

5. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1871)
"The so-called soluble serum albumin would appear, therefore, to be a mixture of these two ... Formerly regarded ая identical with egg albumin. serum albumin ..."

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