albumin

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

(US) enPR: ăl byōō' mən, IPA: /æl.'bjuː.mən/

Noun

albumin (plural albumins)

1. (organic chemistry) A class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and play a role in stabilizing extracellular fluid volume.

Related terms

• albumen

Translations

class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白蛋白 (cmn) (báidànbái)

• Esperanto: albumino (eo)
• Finnish: albumiini (fi)
• French: albumine (fr) f

• Greek: λευκωματίνη (el) (lefkomatíni) f, αλβουμίνη (el) (alvoumíni) f
• Hindi: श्विति (hi) (śviti)
• Italian: albumina (it) f
• Spanish: albúmina (es) f

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Danish

Etymology

From French albumine, from Latin albūmen (“egg white”), from albus (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /albumiːn/, [alb̥uˈmiːˀn]

Noun

albumin n (singular definite albuminet, plural indefinite albuminer)

1. (physiology, organic chemistry) albumin

Inflection

    Inflection of albumin

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	albumin	albuminet	albuminer	albuminerne
genitive	albumins	albuminets	albuminers	albuminernes

See also

Albumin on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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Finnish

Noun

albumin

1. Genitive singular form of albumi.