Hyaline
Pronunciation : Hy"a*line
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. hyalinus, Gr. hyalin.]
Definition : Defn: Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal. "Hyaline spaces." Carpenter.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Hy"a*line
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.)
Defn: The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleous originates.
3. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation. Gamgee.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913