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hyaline

[noun hahy-uh-leen, -lin; adjective hahy-uh-lin, -lahyn]
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noun
  1. Also hy·a·lin [hahy-uh-lin] /ˈhaɪ ə lɪn/. Biochemistry.
    1. a horny substance found in hydatid cysts, closely resembling chitin.
    2. a structureless, transparent substance found in cartilage, the eye, etc., resulting from the pathological degeneration of tissue.
  2. something glassy or transparent.
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adjective
  1. of or relating to hyaline.
  2. glassy or transparent.
  3. of or relating to glass.
  4. amorphous; not crystalline.
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Origin of hyaline

1655–65; < Late Latin hyalinus < Greek hyálinos of glass. See hyal-, -ine1
Related formssub·hy·a·lin, adjectivesub·hy·a·line, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for hyaline

hyaline

adjective
  1. biology clear and translucent, with no fibres or granules
  2. archaic transparent
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noun
  1. archaic a glassy transparent surface
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Word Origin

C17: from Late Latin hyalinus, from Greek hualinos of glass, from hualos glass
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Word Origin and History for hyaline

adj.

1660s, from Latin hyalinus, from Greek hyalinos "of glass or crystal," from hyalos "glass" (see hyalo-).

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hyaline in Medicine

hyaline

(hī′ə-lĭn, -līn′)
adj.
  1. Resembling glass, as in translucence or transparency; glassy.
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n.
  1. Something that is translucent or transparent.
  2. Variant ofhyalin
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