Definition of hyaline Hyaline

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We found 12 definitions of hyaline from 5 different sources.

What does hyaline mean?

Noun Plural: hyalines
hyaline - a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
		hyalin
		translucent substance, transparent substance a material having the property of admitting light diffusely; a partly transparent material
Adjective hyaline, hyaliner, hyalinest
hyaline - resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell
		hyaloid
		clear readily apparent to the mind; "a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that she was angry"; "gave us a clear idea of human nature"

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hyaline (Noun)
Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky.
hyaline (Noun)
A clear translucent substance in tissues.
hyaline (Noun)
The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation.
hyaline (Adjective)
Glassy, transparent; amorphous.

hyaline (a.)
Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal.
hyaline (n.)
A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere.
hyaline (n.)
The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleous originates.
hyaline (n.)
The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation.

hyaline
hī′a-lin, adj. glassy: consisting of or like glass.—n. a glassy transparent surface.—n. Hyales′cence, the process of becoming glassy.—adj. Hyales′cent.—ns. Hy′alite, a variety of opal like colourless gum; Hyalīt′is, inflammation of the vitreous humour; Hyalog′raphy, the art of engraving on glass.—adj. Hy′aloid, hyaline, transparent. [Gr. hyalinos—hyalos, glass, prob. Egyptian.]