HYALINE


Meaning of HYALINE in English

I. ˈhīələ̇n, -əˌlīn adjective

Etymology: Late Latin hyalinus, from Greek hyalinos, from hyalos transparent stone, glass + -inos -ine

1. : of, resembling, or consisting of glass

a glimpse of bay below, a rock-set hyaline circlet — Sybille Bedford

2.

a. biology : transparent or nearly so

a hyaline membrane

b. mineralogy

(1) : glassy

(2) : lacking crystallinity : amorphous

II. “, in sense 2 -əˌlēn or -ələ̇n noun

( -s )

1. : something transparent (as the smooth sea or the clear atmosphere)

the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline — Sacheverell Sitwell

2. or hy·a·lin -ələ̇n

[probably International Scientific Vocabulary hyal- + -ine or in ]

a. : a nitrogenous substance closely related to chitin that forms the main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts and yields a sugar on decomposition

b. : any of several similar translucent substances collecting around cells, capable of being stained by eosin, and yielding a carbohydrate as a cleavage product

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