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hyalin

noun

Meaning

  1. Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky.
  2. A clear translucent substance in tissues.
  3. The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

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