albumina

See also: albúmina and albuminą

English

Noun

albumina

1. plural of albumen
   • 1847, George Luxford, Edward Newman, The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany, page 980:

     3^rd. The confluence of the albumina of several sacks into one albumen.

   • 1853: A COLLABORATIVE WORK — AUTHORSHIP UNCERTAIN, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal: Exhibiting a Concise View of the Latest and Most Important Discoveries in Medicine, Surgery, and Pharmacy, page 408

     1. In the same manner as there exists an Anaemia, from diminution of the proportion of blood-globules, we ought equally to admit a peculiar pathological state, distinguished by lowering of the number of albumina in the serum.

   • 1983: Dr. Patrick Frank of the Weizmann Institute in Rehovoth (Israel), the Jerusalem Post, 13^th day of June edition; quoted in:
   • 1999, A J Vroman, On God, Space, and Time, page 125:

     “A sound theory about the origin of man has to explain how an antibody specially composed to react on an albumen of a certain species also reacts on similar albumina of closely related animals and that the intensity of the reaction gradually decreases in creatures which differ more and more from these animals.”

Anagrams

• Balumain, bimanual, manubial

Finnish

Noun

albumina

1. essive singular of albumi

Interlingua

Noun

albumina (uncountable)

1. albumin

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.buˈmi.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: al‧bu‧mì‧na

Noun

albumina f (plural albumine)

1. (biochemistry) albumin

Latin

Noun

albūmina

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of albūmen

Polish

Alternative forms

• albumin (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin albūmen +‎ -ina. First attested in 1807.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.buˈmi.na/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: al‧bu‧mi‧na

Noun

albumina f

1. (biochemistry) albumin

   ludzka albumina ― human albumin

   albumina znakowana ― albumin marked (for something)

   surowicza albumina wołowa ― bovine serum albumin

   wydalanie albumin z moczem ― excretion of albumins in urine

   stężenie albumin ― concentration of albumins

   roztwór albuminy ― a solution of albumin

   zawartość albumin ― contents of albumins

   poziom albumin ― level of albumins

   albuminy osocza ― albumins of plasma

   albumina jaja ― albumin of an egg

   przyjmować albuminę ― to take/receive albumin

Declension

Declension of albumina

	singular	plural
nominative	albumina	albuminy
genitive	albuminy	albumin
dative	albuminie	albuminom
accusative	albuminę	albuminy
instrumental	albuminą	albuminami
locative	albuminie	albuminach
vocative	albumino	albuminy

Derived terms

adjective

• albuminowy

 

nouns

• albuminoid
• albuminometr
• albuminuria

 

Further reading

• albumina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “albumina”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎^[2]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “albumin”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 22

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.buˈmĩ.nɐ/ [aʊ̯.buˈmĩ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.buˈmĩ.nɐ/ [aʊ̯.buˈmĩ.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.buˈmi.na/ [aʊ̯.buˈmi.na]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.buˈmi.nɐ/ [aɫ.βuˈmi.nɐ]

• Hyphenation: al‧bu‧mi‧na

Noun

albumina f (plural albuminas)

1. (organic chemistry) albumin (one of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water)