Lexic.us

Definition of Hyalin

1. Noun. A glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions.

Definition of Hyalin

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of hyaline) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hyalin

1. hyaline [n -S] - See also: hyaline

Medical Definition of Hyalin

1. A clear, homogeneous, structureless material found in the matrix of cartilage, vitreous body, mucin, and glycogen. It is a translucent albuminoid substance, one of the products of amyloid degeneration. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyalin

Literary usage of Hyalin

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

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1893)
"An outline of the history of hyalin and of the various theories and ... The recognition of hyalin as a definite morphological substance belongs to modern ..."

2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1871)
"Dilute hydrochloric acid colours hyalin violet after long standing ; boiling ... When hyalin covered with oil of vitriol is left to itself for a while find ..."

3. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1903)
"Unlike kerato-hyalin, tricho-hyalin is not always in the same form, giving the impression that it is a more or less solid substance ; on the contrary, ..."

4. The Principles of Pathologic Histology by Frank Burr Mallory (1914)
"hyalin hyalin in the Liver.—In alcoholic cirrhosis the liver cells undergo a peculiar and apparently characteristic type of hyaline change preceding ..."

5. The Principles of Pathologic Histology by Frank Burr Mallory (1914)
"hyalin hyalin in the Liver.—In alcoholic cirrhosis the liver cells undergo a peculiar and apparently characteristic type of hyaline change preceding ..."

6. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1880)
"... AND hyalin. The tissues of many groups of invertebrate animals contain certain of the proximate principles which have been enumerated and described as ..."

7. Chemical Pathology: Being a Discussion of General Pathology from the by Harry Gideon Wells (1914)
"We may properly consider that pathological liyalin can be divided into two chief classes according to its origin: (1) connective-tissue hyalin; ..."

Other Resources: