albumen

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids
noun the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water

From Latin albūmen (“white of an egg”), from albus (“white”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos (“white”).

When albumen can be scientifically produced then will the Ricardian theory become obsolete. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
Here they made the blood into albumen, and made other foul-smelling things into things still more foul-smelling. — The Jungle, Upton Sinclair
At this place the beach was covered with little mounds, concealing perfectly spherical turtles’ eggs, with white hard shells, the albumen of which does not coagulate as that of birds’ eggs. — The Mysterious Island, Jules Verne

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