Definition of alb
: a full-length white linen ecclesiastical vestment with long sleeves that is gathered at the waist with a cincture
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Pope Jude Law has fifteen outfits, a fresh alb and tippet for each aspect of his mercurial personality.
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Origin and Etymology of alb
Middle English albe, from Old English, from Medieval Latin alba, from Latin, feminine of albus white; akin to Greek alphos white leprous spot
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First Known Use: before 12th century
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medical Definition of alb
albumin
- … the increased ALB concentration observed in fascicular biopsies of diabetic patients with and without neuropathy may be related to the protein itself …
- —Joseph F. Poduslo and Geoffrey L. Curran, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 1992
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