paralbuminn.
/pəˈralbjᵿmᵻn/, U.S. /pəˈrælbjum(ə)n/ Biochemistry. Now rare.
A protein or mixture of proteins reportedly isolated from ovarian cysts.
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1854 R. D. Thomson Cycl. Chem. 408/2 Paralbumen, the albumen obtained from ovarian dropsy, precipitated imperfectly by acetic acid and boiling.
1869 R. Bridges Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 10) 795 Paralbumin has as yet been found only in ovarian cysts, and it rarely occurs alone.
1883 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 44 875 Paralbumin is only a mixture of a mucoid substance, pseudomucin, with varying proportions of albumin.
1906 G. Mann Chem. Proteids x. 538 Scherer described in 1852 two substances from the contents of an ovarial cyst which he called ‘metalbumin’ and ‘paralbumin’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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