serum albumin

noun

Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
the commercial form of this substance, used in dye preparations, foodstuffs, and in medicine especially in the treatment of shock.

Origin of serum albumin

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby serum albumin

sertularian, serum, serum accelerator, serum accelerator globulin, serum agglutinin, serum albumin, serum disease, serum globulin, serum hepatitis, serum nephritis, serum prothrombin conversion accelerator

British Dictionary definitions for serum albumin

serum albumin

noun

a form of albumin that is the most abundant protein constituent of blood plasma See also albumin

Medical definitions for serum albumin

serum albumin

n.

seralbumin