'Hyaline' definitions:

Definition of 'hyaline'

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adjective
Resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell [syn: hyaline, hyaloid]
noun
A glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions [syn: hyaline, hyalin]

Definition of 'Hyaline'

From: GCIDE
  • Hyaline \Hy"a*line\, a. [L. hyalinus, Gr. ?, fr. "y`alos glass: cf. F. hyalin.] Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal. "Hyaline spaces." --Carpenter. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hyaline'

From: GCIDE
  • Hyaline \Hy"a*line\, n.
  • 1. A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere. "The clear hyaline, the glassy sea." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Biol.) The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleus originates. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'hyaline'

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