hyalinize

American

[hahy-uh-luh-nahyz] / ˈhaɪ ə ləˌnaɪz /

especially British, hyalinise

verb (used without object)

hyalinized, hyalinizing

to become hyaline.

Etymology

Origin of hyalinize

First recorded in 1925–30; hyaline + -ize

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hyalinized

The microscope shows small areas scattered throughout where the glomeruli are hyalinized, the stroma full of small round cells, the tubules dilated, and the cells are almost bare of protoplasm.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

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