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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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).