Associations to the word «Hyaline»

Wiktionary

HYALINE, adjective. Glassy, transparent; amorphous.
HYALINE, noun. Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky.
HYALINE, noun. (zoology) (anatomy) A clear translucent substance in tissues.
HYALINE, noun. (biochemistry) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation.
HYALINE DEGENERATION, noun. (pathology) The degeneration of cellular tissue to form a mass of glassy, homogenous material
HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE, noun. Infant respiratory distress syndrome

Dictionary definition

HYALINE, noun. A glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions.
HYALINE, adjective. Resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats