ALBICOMUS 



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ALBUMINOSE 



Albicomus (al-be-ko 1 '-mas) [albus, white ; coma, hair]. 

 Having white hair. 



Albiduria (al-bid-u' -re-ah) [albidus, white ; ovpov, 

 urine]. White urine. 



Albiflorous (al-bif-lo'-rus) \_albus, white ; flos, a flower]. 

 In biology, bearing white flowers. 



Albinism (al'-bin-izm) Albinismus (al-bin-iz'-mus) 

 [albus, white]. Congenital A chroma ; Congenital 

 Leucoderma. That condition of the skin in which 

 there is a congenital absence of pigment unaccom- 

 panied by textural changes in the skin, and involving 

 its entire surface, including the pilary filaments and the 

 choroid coats and irides of the eyes. Usually asso- 

 ciated with nystagmus, photophobia, and astigmatism. 



Albino (al-bi'-no) [Sp.]. A person affected with al- 

 binism. Also an animal or plant differing from the 

 normally colored members of its kind by being white 

 or colorless. 



Albinotic (al-bin-of -ik) [Sp.]. Affected with albinism. 



Albinuria (al-bin-u 1 '-re-ah) \_albus, white ; ovpelv, to mic- 

 turate]. I. Chyluria; whiteness of the urine. 2. Al- 

 buminuria. 



Albizzia (al-bitz' '-e-ah) [Ital., Albizzi, a Tuscan proper 

 name]. A genus of leguminous plants. A. anthel- 

 minthica. See Moussena. 



Albolene (al'-bo-len) \_albus, white; oleum, oil]. A 

 hydrocarbon oil, colorless, tasteless, odorless, and not 

 affected by exposure to air or strong acids. It is a 

 form of lanolin, and is used as an application to in- 

 flamed surfaces and for spraying the respiratory pas- 

 sages. 



Albuginea (al-bu-jin'-e-ah) \_albus, white]. White, or 

 whitish. A. oculi, the sclerotic coat of the eye. 

 A. ovarii, and testis, the tunica albuginea of the 

 ovary and testicle. The spleen, the epididymis, the 

 penis, and the kidneys have each an investment or 

 capsule called albuginea or tunica albuginea. 



Albugineous (al-bu-jin'-e-us) \_albus, white]. I. Whit- 

 ish. 2. Resembling the white of an egg. 



Albuginitis (al-bu-jin-i' '-tis) [albus, white ; trig, inflam- 

 mation] . Inflammation of a tunica albuginea. 



Albugo (al-bu'-go) [L.]. I. A white spot, as upon the 

 cornea. 2. A whitish, scaly eruption. 3. The white 

 of an egg. 



Albumen (al'-bu-men or al-bu' -men) [albus, white]. 

 The white of an egg. See Albumin. 



Albumenoid (al-bu' -men-oid). See Albuminoid. 



Albumenuria (al-bu-men-u' '-re-ah). See Albuminuria. 



Albumimeter (al-bu-mim' -et-er) [albus, white ; jikrpov, 

 measure]. An instrument for determining 

 the quantitive estimation of albumin in sga 

 urine, or in any compound or mixture. 



Albumin (nl-bu'-min) [albus, white]. A 

 proteid substance, the chief constituent 

 of the body. Its molecule is highly com- 

 plex and varies widely within certain limits 

 in different organs and conditions. It con- 

 tains approximately the following percent- 

 ages : Carbon 51.5 to 54.5 ; hydrogen 6.9 

 to 7.3; nitrogen 15.2 to 17.O ; oxygen 20.9 

 to 23.5; sulphur 0.3 to 2.0 Its approxi- 

 mate formula is C 72 H, 12 N 1H M S. Albumen, 

 white of egg, often called albumin, is 

 largely composed of it. Other varieties art: 

 called after their sources or characterise 

 reactions, as acid-albumin, alkali-albumin, 

 muscle-, serum-, ovum-, vegetable all >u- 

 xrim,etc. Normal albumin is the type od ■ 

 group of proteids known as albumins. For 

 the various tests for albumin, sec Table of 

 Tests, under Test. See also, Proteids and 

 Native Albumins. A. of Bence-Jones, a variety 



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Albumimb- 



THR. 



found in pseudo-albuminuria. It does not give a 

 precipitate with an excess of HNO., except on stand- 

 ing, when a coagulum forms that will be redissolved 

 on heating. A., Blood. See Serum-albumin. A., 

 Caseiform, that variety not coagulated by heat, but 

 precipitated by acids. A., Circulating, that found 

 in the fluids of the body. A. Crystals. See Crystal- 

 loids. A., Derived, a modification of albumin result- 

 ing from the action of certain chemicals. A., Egg-. 

 See Egg-albumin. A., Muscle-, a variety found in 

 muscle-juice. A., Native, any albumin occurring 

 normally in the organism. A., Organic, that form- 

 ing an integral part of the tissue. A., Serum-. See 

 Serum- albumin. A., Test Solution of, a filtered 

 solution of the white of an egg in 100 c.c. of dis- 

 tilled water. A., Vegetable, that form that is found 

 in various vegetable juices. 



Albuminate (al-bu' -min-at) [albus, white]. The com- 

 pound of albumin and certain bases, as albuminate of 

 iron, or of iron and potassium, etc. 



Albuminaturia (al-bti-min-at-u' '-re-ah) [albus, white ; 

 ovpov, urine] . The abnormal presence of albuminates 

 in the urine. 



Albuminiferous (al-bu-min-if -er-us) [albumin ; ferre , 

 to bear]. See Albuminiparous . 



Albuminimeter (al-bu-min-im' -et-er) . See Albumimeter. 



Albuminin (al-bu' '-min-in) [albumin]. The non-ni- 

 trogenous substance of the cells that enclose the white 

 of birds' eggs. 



Albuminiparous (al-bu-min-ip' -ar-us) [albumin ; pa- 

 rere, to produce]. Yielding albumin. 



Albuminogenous (al-bu-min-oj f -en-us) [albumin ; 

 yevi/g, producing]. Producing albumin. 



Albuminoid (al-bu' -min-oid) [albumin; eitior, form]. 



1. Resembling albumin. Applied to certain com- 

 pounds having many of the characteristics of albumin. 



2. Any nitrogenous principle of the class of which 

 normal albumin may be regarded as the type. A. 

 Disease, also spoken of as lardaceous, waxy, or 

 amyloid degeneration. A form of degeneration usu- 

 ally affecting simultaneously a number of the viscera, 

 and occurring secondarily to some preexisting disease. 

 Those viscera most usually the seat of the change are, 

 in the order of frequency, the spleen, liver, kidneys, 

 intestine and lymph glands. The tissues around the 

 capillary vessels are first affected ; from these centers 

 it spreads till the whole organ or section presents a 

 pale, glistening, waxy, or bacon-like appearance. This 

 is due to the infiltration of a peculiar proteid substance, 

 lardacein, which, with iodin, gives a deep mahogany 

 brown color, the characteristic test for the disease. 

 The preexisting trouble is either some chronic suppura- 

 tion, as in bone or joint disease, or some wasting dis- 

 ease like pulmonary tuberculosis, syphilis, etc. The 

 only way in which the disease may be arrested is by 

 thorough removal of the cause. 



Albuminoids (al-bu' -min-oidz) [albumin']. Substances 

 resembling true proteids in their origin and composi- 

 tion. They are amorphous non-crystalline colloids, 

 occurring as organized constituents of the tissues, and 

 also in fluid form. Mucin, Nuclein, Keratin, Fibroin, 

 Spongin, Elastin, Gelatin, Chondrin, etc. , are the 

 principal members of the group. 



Albuminometer (al-bu- m in- om' '-et-er). See Albumi- 

 meter. 



Albuminone (al-bu' -min-dn) [albumin]. A principle 

 derivable from certain albuminoids ; it is not coagula- 

 ble by heat, and is soluble in alcohol. 



Albuminorrhea (al-bu-min-or-c'-ali) [albumin ; poia, 

 a flow]. Copious abnormal discharge of albumins. 



Albuminose (al-bu'-min-os) [albumin]. I. A product 

 of the digestion of fibrin or any albuminoid in very 



