Sekirov Dictionary

hyaline

/ˈhaɪəlɪn/

noun 3
adjective 1
forms 3

noun3

A clear translucent substance in tissues.
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The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation.
- where a villus comes next to a gland the short cubical cells of the gland may be traced into the columnar cells of the villus , the hyaline border becoming more marked — 1880
•
(literary) Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky.
- The clear hyaline, the glassy sea. — 1667

adjective1

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Glassy, transparent; amorphous.
- And, as below she braids her hyaline hair, / Eyes her soft smiles reflected in the air […]. — 1791

forms

hyalines · more hyaline · most hyaline

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