hyaline
/ˈhʌɪəlɪn
/ /ˈhʌɪəliːn/ /ˈhʌɪəlʌɪn/adjective Anatomy & Zoology
1(Chiefly of cartilage) glassy and translucent in appearance.The lungs showed significant congestion, edema, and patchy, hyaline membranes in all lobes....
- In fact, these specimens are rather well preserved and their hyaline appearance in transmitted light is similar to other species of the genus.
- In sections, the organisms had a hyaline appearance.
1.1Relating to or consisting of hyalin.Numerous glomerular wireloop lesions and hyaline capillary loop thrombi were seen....
- Some lesions may exhibit hyaline fibrosis of blood vessel walls.
- Some cells have intracytoplasmic lumina with hyaline globules, and there may be hemosiderin deposition.
noun
1 (the hyaline) literary A smooth sea or a clear sky: through the clear hyaline the ship came sailing...
- Heading straight into the sun the bow of the ship raises its fist for another attack on a relentless swell and angry salt spray spews into the air only to fall back into the collective pit of unchallenged hyaline.
2 another term for hyalin.Alcoholic hyaline is thought to result from damage to the cytoskeleton of the hepatocyte, and is formed by an aggregation of damaged intermediate filaments....
- Fat droplets, cholestasis, or alcoholic hyaline may on occasion appear within cells of the adenoma.
- The number of ballooned hepatocytes, the number of cells with alcoholic hyaline, the amount of satellitosis all tend to be less striking.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from Latin hyalinus (see hyalin).