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albumin

UK/ˈalbjʊmɪn//ælˈbjuː.mən/

albumin noun: any of 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.

Noun

albumin (countable and uncountable, plural albumins)

  1. Any of 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.

albumin meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

albumin in Hindi

class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water
श्विति śviti

albumin in Tamil

ஆல்புமின் புரத வகை, ஆல்புமின், வெண்புரதம், அலுபுமின், அல்பியூமின், கருப்புரதம்

albumin in Kannada

ತತ್ತಿಬಿಳುಪು, ತತ್ತಿಳಲು, ಕೋಳೆ

albumin in Indonesian

class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water
albumin

Examples of albumin in a sentence

  • The excipient of Abraxane is human albumin solution containing albumin, sodium, sodium caprylate and N-acetyl tryptophanate.
  • Albumin receptors megalin and cubilin both possess long extracytosolic domain floating in the urinary space.
  • Fundamentally, the decrease can be attributed to either albumin loss or failure of albumin synthesis.

All 18 example sentences with albumin

Forms of albumin

pluralalbumins

Origin of albumin

Borrowed from French albumine, from Latin albumen. Compare albumen.

Words formed from albumin

Questions about albumin

What does albumin mean?
Albumin means any of 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.
What is albumin in Hindi?
Albumin in Hindi is श्विति (śviti). See Albumin meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is albumin?
Albumin is a noun.
How do you pronounce albumin?
Albumin is pronounced /ælˈbjuː.mən/ (US).
What is the plural of albumin?
The plural of albumin is albumins.

Words near albumin in the dictionary

  1. albumenizes
  2. albumenizing
  3. albumenoid
  4. albumenoids
  5. albumens
  6. albumin
  7. albumina
  8. albuminaceous
  9. albuminaemia
  10. albuminate
  11. albuminates

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: albumin (page history and authors); albumin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); albumin (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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