Associations to the word «Hyaloid»

Wiktionary

HYALOID, adjective. Transparent or glossy

Dictionary definition

HYALOID, noun. The transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina.
HYALOID, adjective. Resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope