- serum albumin
- nounalbumin occurring in blood serum; serves to maintain the somatic pressure of the blood• Substance Holonyms: ↑serum, ↑blood serum
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noun: a crystallizable albumin or mixture of albumins that normally constitutes more than half of the protein in blood serum, blood plasma, and other serous fluids, that can be isolated after precipitation of the globulins or by electrophoresis, that is synthesized in the liver, and that serves to maintain the osmotic pressure of the blood and is used in transfusions for the treatment of shock and other medical and surgical conditions — called also blood albumin* * *
1. Biochem. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.2. the commercial form of this substance, used in dye preparations, foodstuffs, and in medicine esp. in the treatment of shock.[1875-80]* * *
serum albumin nounAn albumin (or combination of albumins) that makes up more than half the protein in blood plasma and maintains the osmotic pressure of the blood• • •Main Entry: ↑serum* * *
serum albumin,the albumin found in blood serum. It is the largest component of blood plasma and is a substitute for plasma.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.