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Meaning of HYALOID

Pronunciation:  'hIu`loyd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell
 
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 Synonyms: clear, hyaline
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hy"a*loid\, a. [Gr. ? glassy, transparent; ? glass + ?
appearance: cf. F. hyalo["i]de.] (Anat.)
Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the
hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the
vitreous humor of the eye.
 

 

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