hyaline

[ noun hahy-uh-leen, -lin; adjective hahy-uh-lin, -lahyn ]

/ noun ˈhaɪ əˌlin, -lɪn; adjective ˈhaɪ ə lɪn, -ˌlaɪn /

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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.

Words nearby hyaline

hyacinthus, hyades, hyaena, hyal-, hyalin, hyaline, hyaline body, hyaline cartilage, hyaline degeneration, hyaline membrane, hyaline membrane disease

Origin of hyaline

1655–65; < Late Latin hyalinus < Greek hyálinos of glass. See hyal-, -ine¹

OTHER WORDS FROM hyaline

sub·hy·a·lin, adjectivesub·hy·a·line, adjective

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Examples from the Web for hyaline

The third glume is oblong or linear-oblong, hyaline, apex rounded, ciliate and faintly 2-nerved.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
This hyaline degeneration of the Malpighian bodies Klein discovered in the earliest cases which fell under his observation.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various
Cephalis large, subglobular, hyaline, without pores (or with very small and scarce pores).
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index|Ernst Haeckel
Cephalis ovate, hyaline, with few small pores only in the lower third.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index|Ernst Haeckel

The third and the fourth glumes are very small, hyaline, broadly ovate, 1-nerved.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

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

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Medicine 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

hyaline

noun

adjective

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Origin of hyaline

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British Dictionary definitions for hyaline

adjective

noun

Word Origin for hyaline

Medicine definitions for hyaline

adj.

n.