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albuminous
[al-byoo-muh-nuhs]
adjective
of, containing, or resembling albumen.
albuminous
/ æˈːɪə /
adjective
of or containing albumin
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of albuminous1
Example Sentences
Don’t let the mixture boil, or the whites will turn to albuminous ribbons, the yolks to rubble, and the lovely color, like a newly painted parlor, will be wrecked.
Flowers in the axils of chaffy scales or glumes arranged in spikes or spikelets, without evident perianth; stamens 1–3; ovary 1-celled, 1-seeded; seed albuminous.
But if we arrive at that, we shall at the same time have produced organic life, for life, from its lowest to its highest forms, is but the normal mode of existence of albuminous bodies.
Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; Ð a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white.
Moreover, a high temperature continuing for a time tends to produce degenerative changes, albuminous and fatty, in the tissues, the more rapidly the higher the temperature, so that the functions of organs are seriously impaired.
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