Found 2 items, similar to hyaline.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hyaline hyaline adj : resembling glass in transparency or translucency; “the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline”-Sacheverell Sitwell [syn: hyaloid] hyaline n : a glassy translucent material that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions [syn: hyalin]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hyaline Hyaline \Hy"a*line\, a. [L. hyalinus, Gr. ?, fr. "y`alos glass: cf. F. hyalin.] Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal. “Hyaline spaces.” --Carpenter. [1913 Webster] Hyaline \Hy"a*line\, n. 1. A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere. “The clear hyaline, the glassy sea.” --Milton. [1913 Webster] Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleus originates. [1913 Webster] 3. (Physiol. Chem.) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation. --Gamgee. [1913 Webster]