any of a class of simple proteins, as keratin, gelatin, or collagen, that are insoluble in all neutral solvents; scleroprotein
adjective
2.
resembling albumen or albumin
Derived forms
albuminoidal
adjective
Word origin
[1855–60; albumin + -oid]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boilerplate, keyword, lavabo, pipeline, superheat-oid is a suffix meaning “resembling,” “like,” used in the formation of adjectives andnouns (and often implying an incomplete or imperfect resemblance to what is indicatedby the preceding element). Other words that use the affix -oid include: alkaloid, cardioid, lithoid, ovoid, planetoid