Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or resembling the white of the eye or of an egg. Equivalent forms are albuginean and albuginous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of the nature of, or resembling, the
white of theeye , or of anegg ;albuminous ; applied totextures ,bodily fluids , etc., which are perfectly white.
Etymologies
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See albugo.
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Examples
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According to Gilbert, the eye consists of three humors, the albugineous (aqueous), the crystalline lens and the vitreous humor, and seven tunics, apparently
Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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