A protein-like substance that resembles albumin in structure or properties but is not true albumin; any albumen-like compound.
From 'albumin' + '-oid' (from Greek 'eidos' meaning 'resemblance' or 'form'). The suffix indicates something that looks like or resembles the main term without being identical.
Some plant proteins are albuminoids—they look and act like animal albumins but have different origins, showing how nature finds similar chemical solutions to different problems!
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