ovalbumin

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

ovalbumin
    n 1: 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" [syn: {egg white}, {white},
         {albumen}, {ovalbumin}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ovalbumin \O`val*bu"min\ ([=o]`v[a^]l*b[=u]"m[i^]n), Ovalbumen
\O`val*bu"men\ ([=o]`v[a^]l*b[=u]"m[e^]n), n. [Ovum + albumin.]
   (Physiol. Chem.)
   The albumin from white of eggs; egg albumin; -- in
   distinction from {serum albumin}. See {Albumin}.
   [1913 Webster]

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