hyaline

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Anything glassy, translucent or transparent
Glassy, transparent; amorphous
A clear translucent substance in tissues
{a} glassy, crystalline, clear, bright
Pertaining to the substance hyaline
A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere
a (Gr hyalos, glass) of thin, membranous, transparent or translucent texture
a glassy translucent material that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation
Transparent, colourless
Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal
literally glassy; used to describe homogenous amorphous deposits and materials
Thin and translucent or transparent
{i} transparent or hornlike substance found in cartilage; something glassy or transparent (also hyalin)
The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleus originates
resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell
a glassy translucent material that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell
Translucent or transparent; glass-like
{s} transparent, glassy; of or pertaining to hyaline
hyaline degeneration
The degeneration of cellular tissue to form a mass of glassy, homogenous material
hyaline cartilage
translucent cartilage that is common in joints and the respiratory passages; forms most of the fetal skeleton
hyaline cartilage
Semitransparent, opalescent cartilage with a blue tint, consisting of cells that synthesize a surrounding matrix of hyaluronic acid, collagen, and protein. It forms most of the fetal skeleton and is found in the trachea, larynx, and joint surfaces of the adult
hyalin
a glassy translucent material that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
hyalin
alternative spelling of hyaline
hyalin
{i} transparent or hornlike substance found in cartilage; something glassy or transparent (also hyaline)
hyaline

    Hyphenation

    hy·a·line

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    Etymology

    () Latin hyalinus, from late Ancient Greek ύαλινος, from ύαλος (“glass”).
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