hyaline Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
    hyalin.
  2. adjective satellite resembling glass in transparency or translucency
    hyaloid.
    • the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell

WordNet

Hy"a*line adjective
Etymology
L. hyalinus, Gr. , fr. glass: cf. F. hyalin.
Definitions
  1. Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal. "Hyaline spaces." Carpenter.
Hy"a*line noun
Definitions
  1. A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere. "The clear hyaline, the glassy sea." Milton.
    Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline. Mrs. Browning.
  2. (Biol.) The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleous originates.
  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.

Webster 1913