ALBUMEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does albumen mean? 

• ALBUMEN (noun)
  The noun ALBUMEN has 2 senses:

1. a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids

2. the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water

  Familiarity information: ALBUMEN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALBUMEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

albumen; albumin

Hypernyms ("albumen" is a kind of...):

simple protein (a protein that yields only amino acids when hydrolyzed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "albumen"):

ricin; ricin toxin (a toxic protein extracted from castor beans; used as a chemical reagent; can be used as a bioweapon)

lactalbumin (albumin occurring in milk)

serum albumin (albumin occurring in blood serum; serves to maintain the somatic pressure of the blood)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

albumen; egg white; ovalbumin; white

Context example:

she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs

Hypernyms ("albumen" is a kind of...):

fixings; ingredient (food that is a component of a mixture in cooking)

Holonyms ("albumen" is a part of...):

egg; eggs (oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food)

 Context examples 

Transgenic hens carrying recombinant human G-CSF cDNA express the naturally glycosylated recombinant human protein in egg albumen from which glycosylated recombinant human G-CSF AVI-014 is isolated.

(Glycosylated Recombinant Human G-CSF AVI-014, NCI Thesaurus)