Associations to the word «Albumen»

Wiktionary

ALBUMEN, noun. The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.

Dictionary definition

ALBUMEN, noun. A simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids.
ALBUMEN, noun. The white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water; "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats