Definitions for: Hyaline

[n] a glassy translucent material that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
[adj] resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell

Webster (1913) Definition: Hy"a*line, a. [L. hyalinus, Gr. ?, fr. ? glass: cf. F.
hyalin.]
Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent,
like crystal. ``Hyaline spaces.'' --Carpenter.

Hy"a*line, n.
1. A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere. ``The clear
hyaline, the glassy sea.'' --Milton.

Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline.
--Mrs.
Browning.

2. (Biol.) The pellucid substance, present in cells in
process of development, from which, according to some
embryologists, the cell nucleous originates.

3. (Physiol. Chem.) The main constituent of the walls of
hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by
decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of
alcoholic fermentation. --Gamgee.

Synonyms: clear, hyalin, hyaloid

See Also: translucent substance, transparent substance

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