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albuminous

/ælˈbjuː.mɪn.əs/

albuminous adjective: relating to, containing, or having the properties of albumen or albumin.

Adjective

albuminous (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, containing, or having the properties of albumen or albumin.
    • Since writing this report, we found that the intravenous injection of nucleoprotein, casein, and probably also other albuminous substances may produce small necroses of liver tissue in the guinea pig.1913 May 25, “COLLOIDAL COPPER'S VALUE IN CANCER CASES CONFIRMED; […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2025

albuminous meaning in Tamil and Arabic

albuminous in Tamil

அல்பூமினுக்குரிய, வெண்புரதத்துக்குரிய, அல்லது கருப்புரதம் போன்ற, வெண்கரு, வெண்கருஅல்லது கருப்புரதம் போன்ற, வெண்கரு அல்லது கருப்புரதம் அடங்கிய

albuminous in Arabic

of or pertaining to albumin
زُلَالِيّ zulāliyy

Origin of albuminous

From Latin albūminōsus, from albūmen + -ōsus. By surface analysis, albumin + -ous.

Words formed from albuminous

Questions about albuminous

What does albuminous mean?
Albuminous means relating to, containing, or having the properties of albumen or albumin.
What is albuminous in Tamil?
Albuminous in Tamil is அல்பூமினுக்குரிய, வெண்புரதத்துக்குரிய, அல்லது கருப்புரதம் போன்ற. See Albuminous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is albuminous?
Albuminous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce albuminous?
Albuminous is pronounced /ælˈbjuː.mɪn.əs/.

Words near albuminous in the dictionary

  1. albuminomes
  2. albuminone
  3. albuminose
  4. albuminoses
  5. albuminosis
  6. albuminous
  7. albuminously
  8. albuminousness
  9. albumins
  10. albuminurea
  11. albuminuria

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Adapted from Wiktionary: albuminous (page history and authors); albuminous (Tamil 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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