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.
Nearby words
- hyacinthus,
- hyades,
- hyaena,
- hyal-,
- hyalin,
- hyaline body,
- hyaline cartilage,
- hyaline degeneration,
- hyaline membrane,
- hyaline membrane disease
Origin of hyaline
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hyalin
/ (ˈhaɪəlɪn) /
noun
glassy translucent substance, such as occurs in certain degenerative skin conditions or in hyaline cartilage
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
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hyaline
1660s, from Latin hyalinus, from Greek hyalinos "of glass or crystal," from hyalos "glass" (see hyalo-).
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hyalin
[ hī′ə-lĭn ]
n.
The uniform matrix of hyaline cartilage.
A translucent product of some forms of tissue degeneration.
hyaline
[ hī′ə-lĭn, -līn′ ]
adj.
Resembling glass, as in translucence or transparency; glassy.
n.
Something that is translucent or transparent.
Variant ofhyalin
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