albumin

See also: Albumin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French albumine,[1] from Latin albumen. Compare English albumen.

Pronunciation
  • (US) enPR: ăl byōō' mən, IPA(key): /æl.ˈbjuː.mən/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈalbjʊmɪn/

Noun

albumin (countable and uncountable, plural albumins)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and play a role in stabilizing extracellular fluid volume.

Translations

Further reading

References
  1. “albumin” (US) / “albumin” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

Danish

Etymology

From French albumine, from Latin albūmen (“egg white”), from albus (“white”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /albumiːn/, [alb̥uˈmiːˀn]

Noun

albumin n (singular definite albuminet, plural indefinite albuminer)

  1. (physiology, organic chemistry) albumin

Inflection
Declension of albumin
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative albumin albuminet albuminer albuminerne
genitive albumins albuminets albuminers albuminernes

See also

albumin on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

Finnish

Noun

albumin

  1. Genitive singular form of albumi.
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