Albumin
71Serum albumin — Serum Se rum (s[=e] r[u^]m), n. [L., akin to Gr. ???, Skr. s[=a]ra curd.] (Physiol.) (a) The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc. (b) A thin watery fluid, containing more or less albumin, secreted by the serous membranes… …
72Serum-ascites albumin gradient — The serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) helps determine the cause of ascites.The SAAG is probably a better discriminant than older measures (transudate versus exudate) for the causes of ascites. [Runyon BA, Montano AA, Akriviadis EA, Antillon… …
73bovine serum albumin — Protein Pro te*in, n. [Gr. prw^tos first: cf. prwtei^on the first place.] (Physiol. Chem.) any polymer of an amino acid joined by peptide (amide) bonds. Most natural proteins have alpha amino acids as the monomeric constituents. All classical… …
74Bovine serum albumin — Albumine Molécule d albumine Les albumines (du latin albus, blanc) sont des protéines solubles dans l eau pure, moins dans l eau salée. Leur poids moléculaire est d environ 65000 g/mol, elles sont composées d environ 580 acides aminés et ne… …
75serum albumin — n a crystallizable albumin or mixture of albumins that normally constitutes more than half of the protein in blood serum, that serves to maintain the osmotic pressure of the blood, and that is used in transfusions esp. for the treatment of shock… …
76egg albumin — noun 1. : the albumin of eggs; especially : ovalbumin 1 2. : dried whites of eggs (as of hen s eggs) obtained usually as yellowish lumps or powder and containing ovalbumin and other proteins * * * egg albumin, the albumin which occurs in the… …
77Egg albumin — is a protein made from egg whites, the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk.Egg albumin is often taken by bodybuilders and other athletes to aid in the building of muscle. It forms a colloid when mixed with warm… …
78egg albumin — n the albumin of eggs esp OVALBUMIN * * * a glycoprotein that constitutes 20 per cent of the white of hens eggs; called also ovalbumin …
79iodinated I 131 albumin aggregated injection — [USP] a sterile aqueous suspension of albumin human iodinated with 131I and denatured to produce aggregates of controlled particle size; each mL contains 300 μg to 3.0 mg of aggregated albumin with specific activity of 200 microcuries to 1.2 …
80vegetable albumin — Zymome y mome, n. [Gr. ? a fermented mixture.] (Old Chem.) A glutinous substance, insoluble in alcohol, resembling legumin; now called {vegetable fibrin}, {vegetable albumin}, or {gluten casein}. [1913 Webster] …
