HYALINES

Noun

hyalines

plural of hyaline

Source: Wiktionary


HYALINE

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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