-in /-in/ (chem, etc)

1. Usu indicating: (1) a neutral substance such as a protein, fat or glycoside, eg albumin, stearin, insulin
2. (2) certain enzymes, eg pepsin
3. (3) an antibiotic or other pharmaceutical drug, eg penicillin, aspirin

albumen /al-būˈmən, -min or alˈ/

1. The white of an egg, the nutritive material surrounding the yolk in the eggs of higher animals, a mixture of proteins
2. Any tissue within the seed coat other than the embryo itself, endosperm and perisperm, a store of food for the young plant, no matter what its chemical nature (botany)
3. An albumin (obsolete)

albū'menize, albū'minize, or albū'menise, albū'minise transitive verb (photography)

To cover or impregnate with albumen or an albuminous solution

albūˈmin (or /alˈ/) noun

A protein of various kinds soluble in pure water, the solution coagulable by heat

albūˈminate noun

An alkali compound of an albumin

albūˈminoid adjective

Like albumen

1. An old name for a protein in general
2. Any one of a class of substances including keratin and chondrin

albūˈminous adjective

1. Like or containing albumen or albumin
2. Insipid

albūminūrˈia noun

Presence of albumin in the urine

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