different between protein vs albumina

English

Etymology

Suggested by Berzelius in a letter to Mulder, from French protéine and German Protein, both coined based on Ancient Greek ???????? (pr?teîos, “primary”), from ?????? (prôtos, “first”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p???ti.?n/, /?p???ti?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?o?ti?n/

Noun

protein (countable and uncountable, plural proteins)

1. (biochemistry, countable) Any of numerous large, complex naturally-produced molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids, in which the amino acid groups are held together by peptide bonds.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:protein

   Meronym: amino acid

2. (nutrition, uncountable) One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods (i.e. meat) and some vegetables, such as legumes.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:protein

   Coordinate terms: carbohydrate, fat

3. (nutrition, countable) A food rich in protein, often a meat or meat substitute.

Derived terms

• green fluorescent protein
• plasma protein
• proteinaceous
• proteinic
• proteinous

Related terms

• proteic

Translations

Further reading

• protein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• protein on Wikiversity.Wikiversity

References

Anagrams

• Petrino, Petroni, Pointer, interop, pointer, pterion, repoint, tropein, tropine

Czech

Noun

protein m inan

1. protein

   Synonym: bílkovina

Hungarian

Etymology

From English protein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?prot?jin]
• Hyphenation: pro?te?in
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

protein (plural proteinek)

1. protein

Declension

References

Further reading

• protein in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

protein n (definite singular proteinet, indefinite plural protein or proteiner, definite plural proteina or proteinene)

1. protein

References

• “protein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

protein n (definite singular proteinet, indefinite plural protein, definite plural proteina)

1. protein

References

• “protein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

protein n (uncountable)

1. protein

Declension

Synonyms

• äggviteämne

Anagrams

• entropi, inropet

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French protéine.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pro?te?in

Noun

protein (definite accusative proteini, plural proteinler)

1. (biochemistry) protein

Declension

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)