ALBUMEN

(Lat.),n.n. A?l(a?1)-bu?(buy me?n. Gen., albu/mim is. Gr., 7d Aevxdy Tod God. Fr., blanc d'œuf, albumine. Ger., Eiwei , Sameneiwei (2d def.). It., albume. ‘Syn.: ooleucon, liquor ovi alb us, lac ovis, candidum ovi. 1. The white of egg; also formerly applied to the principle contained in the white of egg or albumin (g. v.). 2 In botany, the nutritive material deposited in the seed about the embryo and serving for the nutrition of the latter during the vth. [A; B.J—A. aluminosum. Fr, albumine alumine use, ane d'œuf alumineux. A mixture of alum 60 grs. and 1 oz. each of rose-water and elder-flower water mixed with the white of one egg; used as an eye-wash. [Ph. batav., 1805; Disp, brunsv., 1777 (L, 8).|—A. iodatum. A pl ration consisting of iodine 1 part and egg albumin 8 parts, mixed with water and dried. [L, 63.]—A. ocuii. See ALBUGO (Ist and 2d def’s).—A. ovi. See A. (ist def.), and Ovr a.—A. spirituosum. A mixture of white of egg and spirit, used as an external application.—Soiution of a. A test solution of the Br. Ph., CHERE of the white of one egg triturated with 4 oz. of distilled water and filtered. [B, 5.]—Tata a. Ger., Tataeiwei . See under Egg ALBUMIN.—Test solution of a. [U. S. Ph.]. A filtered solution of the white of one egg in 100 cu. cent. of distilled water. [B,5.] Cf. Solution of a.