BENCE-JONES ALBUMIN
\bˈɛnsd͡ʒˈə͡ʊnz ˈalbjuːmˌɪn], \bˈɛnsdʒˈəʊnz ˈalbjuːmˌɪn], \b_ˈɛ_n_s_dʒ_ˈəʊ_n_z ˈa_l_b_j_uː_m_ˌɪ_n]\
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A form of albumin which gives no precipitate with an excess of nitric acid unless left to stand or unless heated and left to cool, when it forms a solid coagulum, which redissolves on heating, and coagulates again on cooling. Found in the urine in false albuminuria.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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