Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The uniform matrix of hyaline cartilage.
- noun A translucent product of some degenerative skin conditions.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The chief nitrogenous constituent of hydatid cysts, containing about 5 per cent. of nitrogen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a glassy translucent material that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
hyaline .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek hualos, glass + –in.]
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