egg albumin

albumin /al·bu·min/ (al-bu´min)

1. any protein that is soluble in water and also in moderately concentrated salt solutions.

2. the major plasma protein, responsible for much of the plasma colloidal osmotic pressure and serving as a transport protein for large organic anions (e.g., fatty acids, bilirubin, some drugs) and for some hormones when their specific binding globulins are saturated.albu´minous

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egg albumin  albumin of egg whites.

albumin human  a preparation of human serum albumin, used as a plasma volume expander and to increase bilirubin binding in hyperbilirubinemia.

iodinated I 125 albumin  a radiopharmaceutical used in blood and plasma volume, circulation time, and cardiac output determinations, consisting of albumin human labeled with iodine-125.

iodinated I 131 albumin  a radiopharmaceutical used in blood pool imaging and plasma volume determinations, consisting of albumin human labeled with iodine-131.

serum albumin  albumin (2).

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egg albumin

n.

The white of an egg. Also called ovalbumin.