1842 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 4 504 Fibrine is composed of four immediate principles, in variable proportions—viz., of a matter identical with pure albumin, which the author [sc. Bouchardat] proposes to call albuminose.

1885 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Dec. 1206/1 The hemi-group by itself consist of several members, which may be classed under the heads of soluble and insoluble albuminose.

1936 W. Stiles Introd. Princ. Plant Physiol. v. 107 Pepsin brings about the hydrolysis of the more complex proteins to the relatively simple peptones and albuminoses.

1971 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 90 464 Two methods of silver impregnation, the AgNO₃ method of Chatton-Lwoff and the Protargol silver albuminose method of Bodian,..proved most helpful in this investigation.

1821 W. J. Hooker Flora Scotica ii. 212 Samolus... Seeds numerous, fixed near each extremity. Embryo included, albuminose.

1840 R. Wight Illustr. Indian Bot. I. 73 Seeds sometimes exalbuminose with thick cotyledons; sometimes albuminose with foliaceous, plane, or convolute cotyledons.

1887 Minnesota Med. Monthly Mar. 271/1 The scum arising on meat broths for the sick should not be removed, it is albuminose matter, and a very important constituent of the food.

1920 I. F. Henderson & W. D. Henderson Dict. Sci. Terms 133/2 Histone, an albuminose body derived from nucleo-histone.

1927 J. Borg Descr. Flora Maltese Islands 428 Fruit a capsule, sometimes a berry, with one or more small albuminose seeds in each cell.