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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| albumen |
| SYLLABICATION: | al·bu·men |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l-by  m n |
| NOUN: | 1. The white of an egg, which consists mainly of albumin dissolved in water. 2. See albumin. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Latin alb men, from albus, white. See albho- in Appendix I.
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