chemical substance named for the Latin word for "the whites of eggs," where it occurs naturally, 1869; see albumen.
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albumen n.
1590s, "white of an egg," from Latin albumen (ovi) "white (of an egg)," literally "whiteness," from the neuter of albus "white" (see alb). The organic substance (which exists nearly pure in egg whites) so called from 1800, also known as albumin (1869, from French albumine).