hyaline
[noun hahy-uh-leen, -lin; adjective hahy-uh-lin, -lahyn]
- 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.
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- of or relating to hyaline.
- glassy or transparent.
- of or relating to glass.
- amorphous; not crystalline.
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Origin of hyaline
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Related Words for hyaline
clear, thin, translucent, sheer, gauzy, glazed, icy, shiny, sleek, diaphanous, filmy, glassy, gossamer, limpid, lucid, pellucid, permeable, plain, vitreous, crystallineExamples from the Web for hyaline
Historical Examples of hyaline
Semi-hyaline: hyaline in part only: not altogether transparent.
Explanation of Terms Used in EntomologyJohn. B. Smith
The first glume is ovate-lanceolate, acute and hyaline, 1-nerved.
A Handbook of Some South Indian GrassesRai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
Grain is free, rugose, and the pericarp is hyaline and loose.
A Handbook of Some South Indian GrassesRai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
The first glume is very minute, empty, hyaline and persistent.
A Handbook of Some South Indian GrassesRai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
The third glume is hyaline, linear-oblong, 2-nerved ciliate.
A Handbook of Some South Indian GrassesRai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
hyaline
- biology clear and translucent, with no fibres or granules
- archaic transparent
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- archaic a glassy transparent surface
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Word Origin for hyaline
C17: from Late Latin hyalinus, from Greek hualinos of glass, from hualos glass
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Word Origin and History for hyaline
1660s, from Latin hyalinus, from Greek hyalinos "of glass or crystal," from hyalos "glass" (see hyalo-).
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hyaline
(hī′ə-lĭn, -līn′)- Resembling glass, as in translucence or transparency; glassy.
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- Something that is translucent or transparent.
- Variant ofhyalin
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