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)
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.
Forms of albumin
| plural | albumins |
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Origin of albumin
Borrowed from French albumine, from Latin albumen. Compare albumen.
Words formed from albumin
- albinterferon
- albuminaceous
- albuminate
- albuminemia
- albuminise
- albuminome
- albuminosis
- albuminous
- albuminuria
- albumose
- alloalbumin
- analbuminaemia
- azoalbumin
- hemialbumin
- lactalbumin
- metalbumin
- microalbumin
- nonalbumin
- nucleoalbumin
- paralbumin
- parvalbumin
- prealbumin
- seralbumin
- seroalbumin
- vegetable 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
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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