Hyaline

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhʌɪəlɪn/, /ˈhʌɪəliːn/

Origin

Latin hyalinus, from late Ancient Greek ύαλινος, from ύαλος ("glass").

Alternative forms

• hyalin

Full definition of hyaline

Adjective

1. Glassy, transparent; amorphous.
• 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!, They bathed shivering in the cold waves, green hyaline swells in which they stood to the hips savage, intimate, comradely.

Derived terms

• hyaline degeneration

Noun

1. Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky.
• MiltonThe clear hyaline, the glassy sea.
• Elizabeth BrowningOur blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline.
2. (zoology, anatomy) A clear translucent substance in tissues.
3. (biochemistry) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation.----