Albumen - Definition
albumen
n 1: a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues
and liquids [syn: albumin, albumen]
2: the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective
gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly
of albumin dissolved in water; "she separated the whites from
the yolks of several eggs" [syn: egg white, white,
albumen, ovalbumin]