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albuminous

ADJECTIVE
  1. relating to or containing or resembling albumin

How To Use albuminous In A Sentence

  • We should expect the albuminous state of the seed to be an antecedent one to the exalbuminous condition, and the recent discoveries in fertilization tend to confirm this view. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
  • Sensation is not necessarily associated with nerves, but undoubtedly with certain albuminous bodies which up to now have not been more precisely determined.
  • At either end of the yolk (Figure 1, y.) twisted strands of albuminous matter, the chalazae (ch.) keep the yolk in place. Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
  • When food is introduced into the stomach, the peristaltic contractions of that organ roll it about, and mingle it with the gastric juice, which disintegrates the connective tissue, and converts the albuminous portions into the substance called chyme, which is about the consistency of pea-soup, and which is readily absorbed through the animal membranes into the blood of the delicate and numerous vessels of the stomach, whence it is conveyed to the portal vein and to the liver. The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand
  • In species with exalbuminous seeds, the endosperm is eventually consumed and its space occupied by the embryo during seed development. BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • In albuminous Dicotyledons the cotyledons act as the absorbents of the reserve-food of the seed and are commonly brought above ground (_epigeal_), either withdrawn from the seed-coat or carrying it upon them, and then they serve as the first green organs of the plant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
  • In contrast to the extensive study of species with persistent endosperm, little is known about the global gene expression pattern in the endosperm of exalbuminous seed species such as crucifer oilseeds. BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • _albuminous_ or _endospermic_, those in which neither is found are termed _exalbuminous_ or _exendospermic_. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
  • Tabular view of the morbid appearances in 100 cases connected with albuminous urine, with observations.
  • It is transparent, of the consistence of thin jelly, and is composed of an albuminous fluid enclosed in a delicate transparent membrane, the hyaloid membrane. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 2. The Refracting Media
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