albumin

See also: Albumin and albümin

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (US) enPR: ăl byōō' mən, IPA(key): /ælˈbjuː.mən/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈalbjʊmɪn/
  • Audio (US):(file)

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.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ “albumin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

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

Further reading

Finnish

Noun

albumin

  1. genitive singular of albumi
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