seralbumenseralbuminn.
/sɪəralˈbjuːmən//sɪəralˈbjuːmɪn/ Chemistry.
The albumen of the blood.
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1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 89/2 When coagulated seralbumen is digested in acetic acid, it becomes soft and transparent.
1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. 652 The reactions of albumen from the white of the hen's egg (ovalbumen), therefore, differ in some respects from those afforded by albumen contained in the serum of blood (seralbumen).
1873 C. H. Ralfe Outl. Physiol. Chem. 28 Ovo-albumin is distinguished from sero-albumin by the following characteristics.
1878 C. T. Kingzett Animal Chem. 124 Chyle contains potassium-albumin, casein, and seralbumin.
Derivatives
seralˈbuminous adj. (also ˌsero-alˈbuminous) composed of or containing seralbumen.
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1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 63/1 An orange-yellow coloured sero-albuminous fluid.
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