alˈbyümə̇n, -ˌmin sometimes ˈalbyə- noun
( -s )
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary album- (from Latin albumen ) + -in; originally formed as French albumine
: any of a large class of simple proteins that are usually characterized by their solubility in pure water, dilute salt solutions, and half-saturated ammonium sulfate or sodium sulfate solutions, that are coagulable by heat, thereby carrying coloring matters and impurities along with them, that form important constituents of human or animal blood plasma or serum and are found also in muscle, the whites of eggs, milk, and other animal substances and in many vegetable tissues and fluids, and that are used especially for clarifying liquids, in photography, and in textile printing — see lactalbumin , ovalbumin , serum albumin