albumin
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- noun
- /ˈæl.bju.mɪn/
- Specialized
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albúmina
- Doctors often measure albumin levels in the blood to assess a patient's nutritional status.
- serum albumin
- bovine serum albumin
- human albumin
And those carriers often are bound to or include albumin.
- And those carriers often are bound to or include albumin.
- That's from all all the ionized calcium being glommed on with albumin.
- OK, now albumin is an acute phase reactant, which means it responds acutely to inflammation.
- No, we are the egg yolk and albumin.
- OK, so take something like albumin.
- And in FRET studies, we showed that that's actually a molecular association of this molecule with individual albumin compounds.
Examples
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Most notable are the changes in maternal blood volume, serum albumin levels, renal excretion, and hepatic metabolism.
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And yeah, no, but but if you take albumin from an egg, which is otherwise transparent, then you heat it.
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And what was left was a single normal albumin band in the centre.
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The NMA included only two other small studies on albumin done 25 years ago.
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Our other patient has jaundice, low albumin, and no diagnosis.
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Moreover, hospital mortality is also lower in patients receiving albumin (10% vs 29%).
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The patient was managed with albumin infusion, diuretics, and salt and fluid restriction.
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OK, now albumin is an acute phase reactant, which means it responds acutely to inflammation.
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Most circulating testosterone is bound to SHBG or albumin, and only 1%-3% circulates as FT.
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Biochemistry: Ascitic fluid albumin, serum albumin, total proteins (ascitic and serum), and serum ascites albumin gradient are useful.
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Compounds
- Specialized
A medicine made from a blood protein given into a vein to restore blood volume and replace lost protein
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word albumin comes from the Latin root albus, which means 'white', because it was first noticed in egg white called albumen. So albumin now names the common protein in egg white and blood, and you can remember it by the same root as albino.