ALBUMINOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does albuminoid mean? 

• ALBUMINOID (noun)
  The noun ALBUMINOID has 1 sense:

1. a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye

  Familiarity information: ALBUMINOID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALBUMINOID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

albuminoid; scleroprotein

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

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

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

collagen (a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling)

elastin (a fibrous scleroprotein found in elastic tissues such as the walls of arteries)

gelatin; gelatine (a colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin)

chondrin (a substance that resembles gelatin and is obtained by boiling cartilage in water)

ceratin; keratin (a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves)

 Context examples 

An albuminoid substance containing mucopolysaccharides and protein which is contained in mucus, and gives to the latter secretion its peculiar ropy character.

(Mucin, NCI Thesaurus)