Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye;
[syn: scleroprotein, albuminoid]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Albuminoid \Al*bu"mi*noid\, a. [L. albumen + -oid.] (Chem.)
Resembling albumin. -- n. One of a class of organic
principles (called also proteids) which form the main part
of organized tissues. --Brunton.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
albuminoid
n 1: a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues
and in the lens of the eye [syn: scleroprotein,
albuminoid]