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HYALINE
hyaline, hyaloid
(adjective) resembling glass in transparency or translucency; “the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline”-Sacheverell Sitwell
hyaline, hyalin
(noun) a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
hyaline (comparative more hyaline, superlative most hyaline)
Glassy, transparent; amorphous.
Noun
hyaline (countable and uncountable, plural hyalines)
(poetic) Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky.
(zoology, anatomy) A clear translucent substance in tissues.
(biochemistry) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation.
Source: Wiktionary
Hy"a*line, a. Etym: [L. hyalinus, Gr. hyalin.]
Definition: Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal. "Hyaline spaces." Carpenter.
Hy"a*line, n.
1. A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere. "The clear hyaline, the glassy sea." Milton. Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline. Mrs. Browning.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleous originates.
3. (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation. Gamgee.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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