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hyaline
[ noun hahy-uh-leen, -lin; adjective hahy-uh-lin, -lahyn ]
noun
- Also hy·a·lin [] 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.
hyaline
/ ˈhaɪəlɪn /
adjective
- biology clear and translucent, with no fibres or granules
- archaic.transparent
noun
- archaic.a glassy transparent surface
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Other Words From
- sub·hya·lin adjective
- sub·hya·line adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hyaline1
C17: from Late Latin hyalinus, from Greek hualinos of glass, from hualos glass
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Example Sentences
The sediment contains a few hyaline and finely granular casts and an occasional red blood-cell.
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When well stained, a delicate hyaline peripheral zone can be distinguished.
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It makes its way into a red corpuscle, where it appears as a small, pale "hyaline" body.
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Then fibrin and hyaline tissue are stained deep blue, whilst bacteria which "stain Gram" appear of a deep blue-violet colour.
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Its wings are hyaline, the thorax has five black spots, and the abdomen three rows of similar spots.
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