ovalbumin Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
egg white; white; albumen.
- she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs
WordNet
O`val*bu"min, O`val*bu"men noun
(Also<
- Ovalbumin
- Ovalbumen
)
Etymology
Definitions
(Physiol. Chem.) The albumin from white of eggs; egg albumin; -- in distinction from serum albumin. See Albumin .
