albumin

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French albumine, from Latin albumen. Compare albumen. === Pronunciation === (US) enPR: ăl byōō' mən, IPA(key): /ælˈbjuː.mən/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈalbjʊmɪn/ === Noun === albumin (countable and uncountable, plural albumins) (biochemistry) Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and play a role in stabilizing extracellular fluid volume. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== albumen glycoalbumin ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === albumin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Danish == === Etymology === From French albumine, from Latin albūmen (“egg white”), from albus (“white”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /albumiːn/, [alb̥uˈmiːˀn] === Noun === albumin n (singular definite albuminet, plural indefinite albuminer) (physiology, organic chemistry) albumin ==== Inflection ==== === Further reading === “albumin” in Den Danske Ordbog albumin on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da == Finnish == === Noun === albumin genitive singular of albumi == Indonesian == === Etymology === Internationalism, from English albumin, from French albumine, from Latin albumen. Doublet of albumen. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /alˈbumin/ [alˈbu.mɪn] Rhymes: -umin Syllabification: al‧bu‧min === Noun === albumin (plural albumin-albumin) (biochemistry) albumin ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “albumin”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016