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albuminoid
[ al-byoo-muh-noid ]
noun
- any of a class of simple proteins, as keratin, gelatin, or collagen, that are insoluble in all neutral solvents; scleroprotein.
adjective
- resembling albumen or albumin.
albuminoid
/ æ±ôˈ²úÂá³Ü˳¾ÉªËŒ²Ôɔɪ»å /
adjective
- resembling albumin
noun
- another name for scleroprotein
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹±ô·²ú³Üm¾±Â·²Ô´Ç¾±î€ƒd²¹±ô adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of albuminoid1
Example Sentences
When, however, a large number of cells of any given organ contain more than the normal quantity of these albuminoid granules, the appearance of the organ becomes modified.
It has been assumed, however, by those who maintain that the fat of the fattening animal is formed from albuminoids, that the fat of milk must be formed in the same way.
All albuminoid, mucilaginous, and saccharine vegetable juices make excellent sympathetic inks; we may cite, as among the best, the juices of lemon, orange, apple, and pear.
Milk gelatinized in this way is superior in several respects to the products of the ordinary condensation process, more especially in the retention of a much larger proportion of albuminoids.
It then coagulates albumins and albuminoids, which form a part of the impurities, and throws down insoluble salts of sulphates, carbonates and phosphates, and of the bases iron and aluminum.
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