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Definition of albumen noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

albumen

noun
 
/ˈælbjumɪn/
 
/ælˈbjuːmən/
[uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. the clear inside part of an egg that is white when cooked synonym white compare yolk
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin, ‘egg white’, from albus ‘white’.
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