Definition of Hyaloid

1. Noun. The transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina.

Exact synonyms: Hyaloid Membrane
Generic synonyms: Membrane, Tissue Layer

2. Adjective. Resembling glass in transparency or translucency. "The morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"
Exact synonyms: Hyaline
Similar to: Clear
Derivative terms: Hyaline

Definition of Hyaloid

1. a. Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.

Definition of Hyaloid

1. Adjective. transparent or glossy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hyaloid

1. a membrane of the eye [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hyaloid

1. Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye. Origin: Gr. Glassy, transparent; glass + appearance: cf. F. Hyaloide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyaloid

hyalite
hyalites
hyalitis
hyalo-
hyalobiuronic acid
hyalocapsular ligament
hyaloclastite
hyalocyte
hyalogen
hyalogens
hyalograph
hyalographic
hyalographs
hyalography
hyalohyphomycosis
hyaloid (current term)
hyaloid artery
hyaloid body
hyaloid canal
hyaloid fossa
hyaloideoretinal degeneration
hyaloids
hyalomere
hyalomeres
hyalonema
hyalophagia
hyalophagy
hyalophane
hyalophanes

Literary usage of Hyaloid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Mackenzie, Thomas Wharton Jones (1855)
"On making a vertical section of the conical tion of the retina, Fanizza found within it the hyaloid membrane, corrugated, ..."

2. Diseases of the eye by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1916)
"Shrinking of the vitreous after a blow on the eye causes its hyaloid to be detached ... Persistent hyaloid Artery.—During fetal life the vitreous humor is ..."

3. Diagnostics of the Fundus Oculi by Edward Leroy Oatman (1920)
"By the end of the ninth month the hyaloid artery should be completely absorbed. ... A persistent hyaloid artery contains tissues from both the artery and ..."

4. Philadelphia Medical Times (1882)
"Along with the hyaloid artery portions of the capsulo- pupillary ... I present two cases of persistent hyaloid artery from the eye department of the ..."

5. Modern ophthalmology by James Moores Ball (1908)
"An unusual anomaly is the extra-uterine existence of the hyaloid canal: ... The hyaloid artery, which during fetal life is an extension of the central ..."

6. Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting by American Ophthalmological Society (1876)
"The first ophthalmoscopic examination showed remains of the hyaloid artery in the right eye attached to the crystalline lens; between the optic nerve and ..."

7. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"Of the hyaloid artery normally the only thing tliat is left in the newborn ... A persistent hyaloid artery ordinarily appears under the form of a gray ..."

8. A Manual of the Diagnosis and Treatment of the Diseases of the Eye by Edward Jackson (1907)
"Persistent hyaloid Artery.—In early fetal life a branch from one of the retinal ... This vessel is called the hyaloid artery. Usually it atrophies before ..."

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