Chem. [a. mod. Fr. albumine, f. L. albūmin- stem form of ALBUMEN.]
One of the classes of ALBUMINOIDS, containing such as are soluble in water (= ALBUMEN 2), or in dilute acids or alkalis (acid or alkali albumins.)
1869. Roscoe, Chem., 434. Albumin is seen in one of its purest forms in the white of egg.
1879. Syd. Soc. Lex., s.v., By some it is believed that ovum-albumin is a compound of several forms of albumin.
1881. Nature, No. 615. 352. The derived albumins noted as acid-albumins.
