Ovalbumin

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ovalbumin \O`val*bu"min\ ([=o]`v[a^]l*b[=u]"m[i^]n), Ovalbumen
  \O`val*bu"men\ ([=o]`v[a^]l*b[=u]"m[e^]n), n. [Ovum + albumin.]
     (Physiol. Chem.)
     The albumin from white of eggs; egg albumin; -- in
     distinction from {serum albumin}. See {Albumin}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ovalbumin
       n : the white of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous
           substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of
           albumin dissolved in water [syn: {egg white}, {albumen}]