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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]