different between albumina vs alumina

English

Noun

albumina

1. plural of albumen
   • 1847: George Luxford & Edward Newman, The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany, p980

     3^rd. The confluence of the albumina of several sacks into one albumen.

   • 1853: A COLLABORATIVE WORK — AUTHORSHIP UNCERTAIN, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal: Exhibiting a Concise View of the Latest and Most Important Discoveries in Medicine, Surgery, and Pharmacy, page 408

     1.?In the same manner as there exists an Anaemia, from diminution of the proportion of blood-globules, we ought equally to admit a peculiar pathological state, distinguished by lowering of the number of albumina in the serum.

   • 1983: Dr. Patrick Frank of the Weizmann Institute in Rehovoth (Israel), the Jerusalem Post, 13^th day of June edition; quoted in:
   • 1999: A J Vroman, On God, Space, and Time, p125

     “A sound theory about the origin of man has to explain how an antibody specially composed to react on an albumen of a certain species also reacts on similar albumina of closely related animals and that the intensity of the reaction gradually decreases in creatures which differ more and more from these animals.”

Anagrams

• Balumain, bimanual, manubial

Finnish

Noun

albumina

1. Essive singular form of albumi.

Interlingua

Noun

albumina (uncountable)

1. albumin

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.bu?mi.na/

Noun

albumina f (plural albumine)

1. (biochemistry) albumin

Latin

Noun

alb?mina

1. nominative plural of alb?men
2. accusative plural of alb?men
3. vocative plural of alb?men

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

albumina f (plural albuminas)

1. (organic chemistry) albumin (one of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water)

English

Alternative forms

• aluminia

Etymology

From (combining form of) Latin alumen + -a.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??l(j)u?m?n?/

Noun

alumina (countable and uncountable, plural aluminas)

1. Aluminum oxide, especially when used in mining, material sciences or ceramics.

Derived terms

• alumian
• aluminate
• aluminium

Translations

Anagrams

• alumian

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: aluminas, aluminât

Verb

alumina

1. third-person singular past historic of aluminer

Latin

Noun

al?mina

1. nominative plural of al?men
2. accusative plural of al?men
3. vocative plural of al?men

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alúmina

Noun

alumina f (plural aluminas)

1. (geology) alumina (aluminium oxide)