meaning of hyaline
1. Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal.
2. A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere.
3. The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleous originates.
4. The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation.
5. a glassy translucent material that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
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hyaline | hyaline cartilage | hyaline membrane disease |
