hyaline
/ˈhaɪəliːn/ · noun
Meaning
- Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky.
- A clear translucent substance in tissues.
- The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation.
- Glassy, transparent; amorphous.
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