Associations to the word «Hyaline»
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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.
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