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hy·a·line
I. \ˈhīələ̇n, -əˌlīn\ adjective
Etymology: Late Latin hyalinus, from Greek hyalinos, from hyalos transparent stone, glass + -inos -ine
1. : of, resembling, or consisting of glass
< a glimpse of bay below, a rock-set hyaline circlet — Sybille Bedford >
2.
a. biology : transparent or nearly so
< a hyaline membrane >
b. mineralogy
(1) : glassy
(2) : lacking crystallinity : amorphous
II. \“, in sense 2 -əˌlēn or -ələ̇n\ noun
(-s)
1. : something transparent (as the smooth sea or the clear atmosphere)
< the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline — Sacheverell Sitwell >
2. or hy·a·lin \-ələ̇n\ [probably International Scientific Vocabulary hyal- + -ine or in]
a. : a nitrogenous substance closely related to chitin that forms the main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts and yields a sugar on decomposition
b. : any of several similar translucent substances collecting around cells, capable of being stained by eosin, and yielding a carbohydrate as a cleavage product |