Hypertext Webster Gateway: "albuminoid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Albuminoid \Al*bu"mi*noid\, a. [L. albumen + -oid.] (Chem.)
Resembling albumin. -- n. One of a class of organic
principles (called also {proteids}) which form the main part
of organized tissues.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
albuminoid
n : a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues
and in the lens of the eye [syn: {scleroprotein}]
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