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What is an albumin?

What is an albumin? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and play a role in stabilizing extracellular fluid volume.
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Biological monitoring of isocyanate is possible using albumin adducts and their corresponding diamines in plasma and urine.
At physiologic pH, bilirubin is insoluble in plasma and requires protein binding with albumin.
Fucose was ligated to bovine serum albumin and antibodies were raised against the conjugate.
The protein, albumin, normally carries nutrients to tumors that help them to grow.
Protein, acetone, albumin, bile salts are also checked once in two months to evaluate kidney functioning.
An alternative method is measurement of the ratio of protein or albumin to creatinine in an untimed urine specimen.

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