hyaline
[ noun hahy-uh-leen, -lin; adjective hahy-uh-lin, -lahyn ]
/ noun ˈhaɪ əˌlin, -lɪn; adjective ˈhaɪ ə lɪn, -ˌlaɪn /
noun
Also hy·a·lin
[hahy-uh-lin] /ˈhaɪ ə lɪn/. Biochemistry.
- a horny substance found in hydatid cysts, closely resembling chitin.
- a structureless, transparent substance found in cartilage, the eye, etc., resulting from the pathological degeneration of tissue.
something glassy or transparent.
adjective
of or relating to hyaline.
glassy or transparent.
of or relating to glass.
amorphous; not crystalline.
OTHER WORDS FROM hyaline
sub·hy·a·lin, adjective sub·hy·a·line, adjectiveWords nearby hyaline
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British Dictionary definitions for hyaline
hyaline
/ (ˈhaɪəlɪn) /
adjective
biology
clear and translucent, with no fibres or granules
archaic
transparent
noun
archaic
a glassy transparent surface
Word Origin for hyaline
C17: from Late Latin
hyalinus, from Greek
hualinos of glass, from
hualos glass
Medical definitions for hyaline
hyaline
[ hī′ə-lĭn, -līn′ ]
adj.
Resembling glass, as in translucence or transparency; glassy.
n.
Something that is translucent or transparent.
Variant ofhyalin