Albumin

Definition: Albumin

Albumin

Noun

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

Specialty Definitions: Albumin

Domain	Definitions
Food & Agriculture	Albumins are animal or vegetable proteins. Source: European Union. (references)
Health	1. any protein that is soluble in water and moderately concentrated salt solutions and is coagulable by heat. 2. serum albumin; the major plasma protein (approximately 60 per cent of the total), which is responsible for much of the plasma colloidal osmotic pressure and serves as a transport protein carrying large organic anions, such as fatty acids, bilirubin, and many drugs, and also carrying certain hormones, such as cortisol and thyroxine, when their specific binding globulins are saturated. Albumin is synthesized in the liver. Low serum levels occur in protein malnutrition, active inflammation and serious hepatic and renal disease. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Albumin

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Albumin is a blood plasma protein that is produced in the liver and forms a large proportion of all plasma protein.

The normal range of albumin concentrations in human blood is 3.5 to 5.0 g/dL, and albumin normally constitutes about 60% of plasma protein; all other proteins present in blood plasma are referred to collectively as globulin. Albumin is essential for maintaining the oncotic pressure needed for proper distribution of body fluids between intravascular compartments and body tissues.

Because smaller animals, (for example rats,) function at a lower blood pressure, they need less oncotic pressure to balance this, and thus need less albumin to maintain proper fluid distribution.

Functions of albumin:

Maintains oncotic pressure
Transports thyroid hormones
Transports other hormones, particularly fat soluble ones
Transports unconjugated bilirubin
Transports many drugs
Competitively binds calcium ions (Ca++)
Buffers pH

Causes of albumin deficiency:

Cirrhosis of the liver (most commonly).
Decreased production (e.g. starvation).
Excess excretion by the kidneys (such as in nephrotic syndrome).
Excess loss in bowel (protein losing enteropathy).

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Albumin."

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Synonym: Albumin

Synonym: albumen (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Albumin

English words defined with "albumin": albumen, Albuminate, Albuminiparous, Albuminose, albuminous, albuminuria, Albumose, Alkali albumin, analbuminemia, Antialbumid ♦ egg white ♦ Hemialbumose, Hemiprotein, Hymenogeny ♦ lactalbumin, Lactoabumin ♦ Metalbumin ♦ Ovalbumen, ovalbumin ♦ Poluria, Propeptone, protamine, proteinuria, Proximate principle ♦ Seralbumen, serum albumin, Spermatin, Syntonin ♦ White of egg ♦ Xanthoproteic ♦ Zymome. (references)

Specialty definitions using "albumin": albumin glue, albumin plate, Avidin ♦ BIOCHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGIST, blood albumin glue, Blood Proteins, Bromcresol Green, Bromcresol Purple ♦ Conalbumin ♦ Diflucortolone, Drug Carriers ♦ Evans Blue ♦ Fatty Acids, Nonesterified ♦ IMMUNOHEMATOLOGIST ♦ Lipoprotein-X ♦ medical technologist, chemistry, Methemalbumin ♦ Pancreatic Elastase, Plasma Exchange, Prealbumin, Protein-Losing Enteropathies ♦ Radio-Iodinated Serum Albumin, Receptors, Albumin ♦ Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin, technologist, biochemistr. (references)

Etymologies containing "albumin": Albuminosis, Albumose ♦ Lactoabumin ♦ Metalbumin ♦ Paralbumin ♦ Toxalbumin. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Albumin" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (albumin), German (albumin), Hungarian (albumin), Serbo-Croatian (albumin), Swedish (albumin).

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Commercial Usage: Albumin

Domain	Title
References	The World Market for Albumins and Albumin Derivitives Excluding Egg Albumins: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Albumin : structure, biosynthesis, function (reference) Albumin and the Systemic Circulation (Current Studies in Hematology and Blood Transfusion, No 53) (reference) Albumin as the Major Plasma Protein Transporting Metals (Life Chemistry Reports Series) (reference) Albumin metabolism in normal, mature, and premature children (reference) Albumin structure, function and uses (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: Albumin

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	USN Medical Supply Storehouse NO. 3 : Aisle #3- Issue Storehouse Bldg. Reserved stock of Blood Plasme, "IV" solutions and Serum Albumin along bulkhead.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Nineteenth-century albumin print of a painted portrait. It depicts Commodore Levy holding a scroll inscribed "Author of the Abolition of Flogging in the Navy of the United States". The uniform seen in this image features four sleeve stripes, signifying the rank of Captain. Levy died in 1862, several years prior to the adoption of this element, indicating that the portrait was painted posthumously, possibly in the 1870s or 1880s.Credit: NAVY.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Albumin

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		More than normal amounts of a protein called albumin in the urine. (references)
		It is good news if your kidneys are not leaking even small amounts of albumin. (references)
		The two proteins that are most likely to appear in urine are albumin and globulin. (references)
Trade	Brazil	Breeder livestock (cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses and donkeys, including semen and embryos); wine and brandy, distilled spirits (rum, wodka and whiskey); fresh vegetables (asparagus, beans, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, celery, corn, garlic, lettuce, onions, peppers, potatoes and tomatoes); canned vegetables (asparagus, beans, carrots, corn, peas, tomatoes and tomato paste); frozen vegetables (beans, broccoli, carrots, corn and spinach); peanut butter or peanut flour; dairy products (butter, butter oil, ghee, anhydrous milk fat, non-fat and whole milk powder, whey powder, whey protein concentrate, lactose, non-sweetened condensed milk, fluid milk, lecithin and cheese); ice cream; meat, frozen or chilled (beef, pork and their products);wheat, wheat flour, semolina; cotton, 100% cotton yarn, 100% cotton fabrics (woven and knit unbleached/bleached/dyed, and/or printed); rice; feed grains (barley, including malting barley, white corn, yellow corn, sorghum and oats); corn products (flour, starch, corn meal, popcorn and gluten); pulses(dry beans, peas and lentils), poultry breeder stock (baby chicks, turkey pouts and hatching eggs); eggs and egg products (fresh, dry, refrigerated, frozen, albumin, etc); fresh fruits (apples, apricots, avocados, blueberries, cherries, grapes, grapefruit, kiwi, lemons, melons, nectarines, oranges, pears, plums, peaches, raspberries and tangerines); hops: hops extract; tallow: grease, lard, barley malt; potatoes(cut and chilled or frozen; flakes, granules); peanuts; commercially prepared dog and cat food, animal feed ingredients, fish food; seeds for sowing; almonds ( walnuts, pistachios, hazelnut and pecan); dry fruits, frozen fruits, canned fruits, fruit pure and fruit pulp, 100% natural fruit juice; seafood (fresh and frozen);tomato paste; alfalfa; honey; skins; nutritional beverages preparations (for human consumption); soy protein products; vegetable oils; wood; beer; cereals; preparation for breads and pizzas (powder, refrigerated of frozen); canned pickles; ready-to-eat meals; soft drinks and sodas; soups and sauces. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Albumin

"Albumin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.53% of the time. "Albumin" is used about 214 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.53%	213	20,749
Noun (proper)	0.47%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	214	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Albumin

Expressions using "albumin": Acid albumin ♦ albumin glue ♦ albumin plate ♦ Alkali albumin ♦ blood albumin glue ♦ bovine serum albumin ♦ serum albumin ♦ Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin ♦ vegetable albumin. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "albumin": i-albumin.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Albumin

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
albumin	238	albumin blood test	3
bovine serum albumin	26	albumin level low	3
serum albumin	15	albumin protein	3
albumin in urine	10	albumin test	3
albumin low	9	albumin pre	3
albumin level	8	albumin based bovine serum	3
albumin globulin ratio	8	albumin human recombinant serum	3
albumin human	8	albumin creatinine ratio	2
human serum albumin	7	albumin based human serum	2
egg albumin	6	albumin calcium	2
albumin high	5	albumin ischemia modified	2
albumin high level	5	albumin globulin	2
albumin binding cobalt	4	albumin blood in	2
urine albumin	4	albumin level serum	2
albumin micro	3	albumin structure	2
albumin blood	3	bovine albumin	2
albumin source soy	3	albumin human product	2
albumin molecular weight	3	albumin cobalt	2
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Modern Translations: Albumin

Language		Translations for "albumin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		albuminë (albumen, albuminoid). (various references)

Arabic		‏زلال كح. (various references)

Bulgarian		албумин (albumen). (various references)

Chinese		白蛋白. (various references)

Czech		bílkovina (albumen, protein). (various references)

Danish		albumin (albumen, protein). (various references)

Dutch		albumine (protein). (various references)

Farsi		نوعی پروتلین ساده , البومین (Albumen). (various references)

Finnish		valkuaisaine (protein), proteiini (albumenous matter, complex organic compounds consisting chiefly of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen and built up by amino acids.They occur in small amounts in wines where they sometimes form precipitates tannins, protein, proteins). (various references)

French		albumineux (albuminous), albumine (albumen). (various references)

German		Eiweisse, Albumin (protein). (various references)

Greek		λευκωματίνη (albumen, endosperm). (various references)

Hungarian		albumin. (various references)

Italian		albumina (albumen, protein). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		卵白 (white of an egg), アルファ�'子 (alpha particle, alps). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ら�"ぱく (white of an egg), アルブミン . (various references)

Korean		알부민. (various references)

Pig Latin		albuminay

Portuguese		albumina (albumen). (various references)

Romanian		albuminã (albumen). (various references)

Russian		альбумин. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		albumin. (various references)

Spanish		albúmina (albumen, protein). (various references)

Swedish		albumin (albumen, endosperm). (various references)

Turkish		albümin (albumen), yumurta akı (albumen, egg white, glair, white of egg). (various references)

Ukranian		альбумін. (various references)

Welsh		gwyn wy. (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Albumin

Derivations
	Words beginning with "albumin": albuminous, albumins, albuminuria, albuminurias, albuminuric. (additional references)
	Words ending with "albumin": lactalbumin, ovalbumin. (additional references)
	Words containing "albumin": lactalbumins, ovalbumins. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Albumin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abhuman, abumen, abumin, Albacini, Albazin, albuginea, albume, albumine, albumn, albuumin, Aleuin, alumi, alumia, alumin, alumini, alumino, Nalumino. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Albumin"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "albumin" (pronounced albyuw"mun)
5	-y uw" m u n	acumen, human, inhuman, nonhuman, subhuman, superhuman.
4	-uw" m u n	bitumen, crewman, illumine, lumen, rumen.
3	-m u n	abdomen, adman, admen, airman, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, huntsman, hymen, infantryman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, summon, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman.
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Anagrams: Albumin

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-i-l-m-n-u"
	-1 letter: alumin, alumni, labium, lumina.
	-2 letters: album, binal, blain, liman, limba, linum, miaul, nubia.
	-3 letters: alum, amin, anil, bail, balm, bani, bima, blam, blin, iamb, lain, lamb, lima, limb, limn, luna, mail, main, maul, maun, mina, muni, nail, numb, ulan, ulna, unai.
	-4 letters: ail, aim, ain, alb, ami, amu, ani, bal, bam, ban, bin, bum.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-i-l-m-n-u"
	+1 letter: albumins, bimanual, olibanum.
	+2 letters: multiband, multibank, olibanums, ovalbumin, thumbnail, unamiable, unmixable.
	+3 letters: albuminous, ambulating, ambulation, bimanually, impugnable, lambrequin, mandibular, ovalbumins, subliminal, subminimal, thumbnails.
	+4 letters: albuminuria, albuminuric, ambulations, funambulism, funambulist, illuminable, incunabulum, innumerable, innumerably, lactalbumin, lambrequins, mandibulate, manipulable, multicarbon, sublimating, sublimation, submarginal, subsampling, subterminal, umbrellaing, unclimbable.
	+5 letters: albuminurias, automobiling, beglamouring, bilingualism, communicable, communicably, connubialism, funambulisms, funambulists, hibernaculum, immensurable, incommutable, incommutably, incomputable, incomputably, inconsumable, inconsumably, lactalbumins, noctambulist, somnambulism, somnambulist, sublimations, subliminally, subnormality, umbilication, unambivalent, unimaginable, unimaginably, unmistakable, unmistakably, unmodifiable, unscrambling.
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