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Definition of Hyaline

1. Adjective. Resembling glass in transparency or translucency. "The morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"

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

Definition of Hyaline

1. a. Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal.

2. n. A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere.

Definition of Hyaline

1. Adjective. Glassy, transparent; amorphous. ¹

2. Noun. Anything glassy, translucent or transparent. ¹

3. Noun. (context: zoology anatomy) A clear translucent substance in tissues. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hyaline

1. a transparent substance [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hyaline

1. Clear, transparent, granule free, as for example hyaline cartilage and the hyaline zone at the front of a moving amoeba. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyaline

hyacinth hyacinth bean hyacinthine hyacinthlike hyacinths hyads hyaena hyaenas hyaenic hyalea

hyaleas hyalescence hyalescent hyalin hyalinasis cutis et mucosae hyaline (current term) hyaline bodies hyaline bodies of pituitary hyaline cartilage hyaline cast

hyaline degeneration hyaline degeneration of the elastic tissue of the arterial wall hyaline leukocyte hyaline membrane disease hyaline membrane disease of the newborn hyaline membrane syndrome hyaline thrombus hyaline tubercle hyalines

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