Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A class of substances derived from albumins and formed by the enzymatic breakdown of proteins during digestion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of derived albumins (see
albumin ) which result from the albumins proper, as also from the albuminoids and the albuminous radicals of the nucleo-albumins and -proteids, through the action of proteolytic ferments, or on decomposition by means of acids or alkalis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used also in combination, as anti
albumose , hemialbumose .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A substance formed by
proteins duringdigestion - noun Any
proteose
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Emulsify Naehrstoff-Heyden (albumose) 7.5 grammes in 200 c.c. cold distilled water and add to melted agar.
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The absence of subsequent suppuration, however, was definitely opposed to this view, and suggested that the fever resulted from absorption of some element of the blood, possibly the fibrin ferment, or some form of albumose.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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Freudenreich believes it is able to change casein into albumose and peptones, but that the lactic-acid bacteria are chiefly responsible for the further decomposition of the nitrogen to amid form.
Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying 1910
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The _normal cerebro-spinal fluid_ is clear and colourless, has a specific gravity of 1004-1008, and contains a trace of serum globulin and albumose, some chlorides, and a substance which reduces Fehling's solution.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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