What is "ovalbumin"

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.

n. (context protein English) A glycoprotein which is the primary constituent of egg white

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]