hyaline: Meaning and Definition of
hy•a•line
Pronunciation: (n.hī'u-lēn", -linadj.hī'u-lin, -līn"), [key] — n.
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- a horny substance found in hydatid cysts, closely resembling chitin.
- a structureless, transparent substance found in cartilage, the eye, etc., resulting from the pathological degeneration of tissue.
- something glassy or transparent.
—adj. - of or pertaining to hyaline.
- glassy or transparent.
- of or pertaining to glass.
- amorphous; not crystalline.
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