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Albuminate
noun · 78% connection
A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: albumin, found, ascitic, certain, serous.
Bezoar
noun · 78% connection
A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: albumin, found, ascitic, certain, serous.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: albumin, found, ascitic, certain, serous.
Casein
noun · 78% connection
A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kingdom it is chiefly found in milk, and const…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: albumin, found, ascitic, certain, serous.
Dropsy
noun · 78% connection
An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: albumin, found, ascitic, certain, serous.
Elastin
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in most f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: albumin, found, ascitic, certain, serous.
Epithelium
noun · 78% connection
The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymph…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: albumin, found, ascitic, certain, serous.
Gadolinia
noun · 78% connection
A rare earth, regarded by some as an oxide of the supposed element gadolinium, by others as only a mixture of the oxides of yttrium, e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: albumin, found, ascitic, certain, serous.
Galactin
noun · 78% connection
An amorphous, gelatinous substance containing nitrogen, found in milk and other animal fluids. It resembles peptone, and is variously…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: albumin, found, ascitic, certain, serous.
Hydrocele
noun · 78% connection
A collection of serous fluid in the areolar texture of the scrotum or in the coverings, especially in the serous sac, investing the te…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: albumin, found, ascitic, certain, serous.
Hydrodynamics
noun · 78% connection
That branch of the science of mechanics which relates to fluids, or, as usually limited, which treats of the laws of motion and action…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: albumin, found, ascitic, certain, serous.
Hymenogeny
noun · 78% connection
The production of artificial membranes by contact of two fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the latter are surrounde…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: albumin, found, ascitic, certain, serous.
Hyoscyamine
noun · 78% connection
An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: albumin, found, ascitic, certain, serous.
Imponderable
noun · 78% connection
An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: albumin, found, ascitic, certain, serous.
Incoercible
adjective · 78% connection
That can note be confined in, or excluded from, vessels, like ordinary fluids, gases, etc.; -- said of the imponderable fluids, heat,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: albumin, found, ascitic, certain, serous.
Indican
noun · 78% connection
An indigo-forming substance, found in urine, and other animal fluids, and convertible into red and blue indigo (urrhodin and uroglauci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: albumin, found, ascitic, certain, serous.
Inosite
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline substance with a sweet taste, found in certain animal tissues and fluids, particularly in the muscles of the heart…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: albumin, found, ascitic, certain, serous.
Keratin
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: albumin, found, ascitic, certain, serous.
