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A colored albuminous substance in the serum from red-colored muscles. It is identical with hemoglobin.
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The albumin present on milk, apparently identical with ordinary serum albumin. It is distinct from the casein of milk.
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The serum, or watery part, of milk, separated from the more thick or coagulable part, esp. in the process of making cheese.
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Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.
v. t.
To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.
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A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.
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Thin; watery; like serum; as the serous fluids.
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The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc.
p. a.
Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous.
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An albuminous body in blood serum, belonging to the group of globulins. See Fibrinoplastin.
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Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy.
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Serum albumin.
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A thin watery fluid, containing more or less albumin, secreted by the serous membranes of the body, such as the pericardium and peritoneum.
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Of or pertaining to serum; as, the serous glands, membranes, layers. See Serum.
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Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.
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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 is soluble in water and is coagulated by heat and by certain chemical reagents.
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The albumin from white of eggs; egg albumin; -- in distinction from serum albumin. See Albumin.
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An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with haematin to form haemoglobin. It is also found in the crystalline lens of the eye, and in blood serum, and is sometimes called crystallin. In the plural the word is applied to a group of proteid substances such as vitellin, myosin, fibrinogen, etc., all insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute salt solutions.
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