Crossword clues for albuminoid
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Albuminoid \Al*bu"mi*noid\, a. [L. albumen + -oid.] (Chem.)
Resembling albumin. -- n. One of a class of organic
principles (called also proteids) which form the main part
of organized tissues.
--Brunton.
Wiktionary
a. 1 of albumin 2 like albumen n. A simple protein of a subclass mainly derived from animal connective or supportive tissue
WordNet
n. a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye [syn: scleroprotein]
Usage examples of "albuminoid".
The digested substances, as they are thrust along the small intestines, gradually lose their albuminoid, fatty, and soluble starchy and saccharine matters, and pass through the ileo-caecal valve into the caecum and large intestine.
Thus, it seems that while in the mouth only starchy, and while in the stomach only albuminous substances are digested, in the small intestine all kinds of food materials, starchy, albuminoid, fatty and mineral, are either completely dissolved, or minutely subdivided, and so prepared that they may be readily absorbed through the animal membranes into the vessels.
Gelatin, a constituent of soup and obtained from bones and connective tissue by boiling, is the best known of the albuminoid foods.
The first is that the albuminoids which it contains are largely soluble, and this means that good light bread from germy flour is impossible.
The chief chemical constituents of wholesome Mushrooms are albuminoids, carbo-hydrates, fat, mineral matters, and water.
The dried juice is largely used in the treatment of indigestion, under various trade names, 'Papain,' a white powder, being administered in all digestive disorders where albuminoid substances pass away undigested.