Albumoid

/ˈælbjʊmɔɪd/ adjective

Resembling albumin in chemical structure or properties; having the characteristics of an albumin-like protein.

From Latin 'albumen' (white of egg) + Greek '-oid' (resembling), literally 'albumin-like.' Used in 19th-century biochemistry to classify proteins.

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