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Answer for the clue "Egg white protein ", 7 letters:
albumin

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Albumin \Al*bu"min\, n. (Chem.) A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both fluid and solid, also in many plants. It ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The albumins (formed from Latin : albumen "(egg) white; dried egg white") are a family of globular proteins , the most common of which are the serum albumins . All the proteins of the albumin family are water- soluble , moderately soluble in concentrated ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
see albumen .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context organic chemistry English) Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and play ...

Usage examples of albumin.

We do not find Hamlet and Faust, right and wrong, the valor of men, by testing for albumin or examining fibers in a microscope.

It uses albumin as a cement to build up bone structure and it is concerned with the formation of teeth, hence its value to children.

Catarrh of any membrane, when the discharge is rich in albumin, transparent, like white of egg before it is cooked.

I infer from this latter fact that the power of linseed oil to cause inflection cannot be attributed to the albumin which it is said to contain.

Inside lay the Hollow, filled with the languid albumin of nothingness.

Dissolved albumin, like that in milk, is curded, or coagulated, in the stomach.

By giving her some albumin and a diuretic, I achieved some diuresis, and hence a slight improvement in the edema.

A disturbed mineral salt balance may cause congestion of the tissues with uncombined albumin.

Suppose no mercury is found in the dialyzed fluid, owing to the fact that corrosive sublimate enters into insoluble compounds with albumin, fibrin, mucous membrane, gluten, tannic acid, etc.

An example of a colloid is found in the albumin of an egg, which is unable to penetrate the membrane which surrounds it.

Normal BUN, creatinine, calcium, phosphorus, iron, T-protein, albumin, globulin .

They had intravenous fluids, whole blood, crystalloid solutions: both saline and normal serum albumin, morphine sulphate, lidocaine, digitalis preparations.

Other constituents of Henbane are a glucosidal bitter principle called hyoscytricin, choline, mucilage, albumin, calcium oxalate and potassium nitrate.

Alongside my morning's 430 grams of complex carbohydrates and 600 grams of egg albumin protein, here's the dead caseworker's missing DSM.

Female but not male birds possess an oviduct of which one portion secretes albumin (the egg white protein), another portion makes the inner and outer shell membranes, and still another makes the eggshell itself.