albumen (n.)

  1. a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids

    [ Syn: albumin ]

  2. the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water; she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs

    [ Syn: egg white , white , ovalbumin ]

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