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Webster 1913 Edition
Hyaline
Hy′a-line
,Adj.
[L.
hyalinus
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. ὕαλοσ
glass: cf. F. hyalin
.] Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal.
“Hyaline spaces.” Carpenter.
Hy′a-line
,Noun.
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 nucleus 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 1828 Edition
Hyaline
HY'ALINE
,Adj.