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Webster 1913 Edition


Hemialbumose

Hemˊi-al′bu′moseˊ

,
Noun.
[
Hemi-
+
albumose
.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertible into hemipeptone. Called also
hemialbumin
.