albuminoid

• albumenoid

From albumin (from Latin albumen (“egg white”) via French albumine) +‎ -oid. Ultimately from Latin albus (“white”).

albuminoid (comparative more albuminoid, superlative most albuminoid)

1. of albumin
2. like albumen

albuminoid (plural albuminoids)

1. A simple protein of a subclass mainly derived from animal connective or supportive tissue

From albumina +‎ -oid. First attested in 1860.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /al.bu.miˈnɔ.it/

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• Rhymes: -ɔit
• Syllabification: al‧bu‧mi‧no‧id

albuminoid m inan

1. (biochemistry) albuminoid (simple protein of a subclass mainly derived from animal connective or supportive tissue)

   Synonym: skleroproteina

• albuminoid in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “albuminoid”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 22

Borrowed from French albuminoïde.

albuminoid n (plural albuminoizi)

1. albuminoid