[f. L. albūmin- (see ALBUMEN) + -ATE4.] The combination of albumin with certain bases, in which the albumin acts as a very feeble acid.
1859. Lewes, Phys. Com. Life, I. ii. 90. Schmidt’s researches prove fat to be less easily combustible in the organism than the carbo-hydrates, and even than albuminates.
1863. Watts, Chem. Dict. (1879), I. 69. Albuminate of Soda is contained in blood-serum.
