Hyaline

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Resembling glass, as in translucence or transparency; glassy.
  • n. Something that is translucent or transparent.
  • n. Variant of hyalin.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Glassy, transparent; amorphous.
  • n. Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky.
  • n. A clear translucent substance in tissues.
  • n. The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal.
  • n. A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere.
  • n. The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleus originates.
  • n. The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; crystalline; transparent: as, the hyaline or crystalline lens of the eye.
  • n. A glassy or transparent substance or surface.
  • n. Specifically— The hyaloid membrane of the eye. See hyaloid.
  • n. Hyaline cartilage. See cartilage.
  • n. A pellucid substance which determines the spontaneous division of cells or originates cell-nuclei; hyaloplasm.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. resembling glass in transparency or translucency
  • n. a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
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