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a combining form meaning “glass,” used in the formation of compound words: hyaloplasm.

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Also especially before a vowel, hyal-.

Origin of hyalo-

<Greek, combining form of hýalos glass

Words nearby hyalo-

hyaline cartilage, hyaline membrane disease, hyalinization, hyalinize, hyalite, hyalo-, hyalograph, hyalography, hyaloid, hyaloid membrane, hyalomere

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How to use hyalo- in a sentence

It is especially conspicuous in some tholeites (hyalo-tholeites) and in weisselbergites.
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British Dictionary definitions for hyalo-

hyalo-

before a vowel hyal-

combining form

of, relating to, or resembling glasshyaloplasm

Word Origin for hyalo-

from Greek hualos glass

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