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Hyaline

Hyaline Meaning & Definition
Hyaline Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hyaline?

[n] a glassy translucent material that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
[adj] resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hyaline: clear | hyalin | hyaloid

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hyaline: air | azure | blue sky | caelum | Caelus | canopy | canopy of heaven | cerulean | clear as glass | cope | empyrean | ether | firmament | glass | glasslike | glassy | heaven | heavens | hyalescent | lift | lifts | sky | starry heaven | the blue | the blue serene | vault | vault of heaven | vitreous | vitriform | welkin

See Also | translucent substance | transparent substance

Hyaline In Webster's Dictionary

\Hy"a*line\, a. [L. hyalinus, Gr. ?, fr. ? glass: cf. F. hyalin.] 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.) The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleous originates. 3. (Physiol. Chem.) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation. --Gamgee.

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