Albuminate

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One of a class of bodies in which albumin appears to be in weak combination with a base. Alkali albuminate is regarded by some as identical with casein.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A compound of albumin and a base or acid
  • Word Usage
    "America, investing in it one of the “usual amounts,” promising to make Howells over again body and soul with the life-giving albuminate."
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