hyalin vs hyaline what difference
what is difference between hyalin and hyaline
English
Noun
hyalin (countable and uncountable, plural hyalins)
- Alternative spelling of hyaline
Anagrams
- linhay
Swedish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὑάλινος, used in Swedish since 1834, cognate with English hyaline and Latin hyalinus.
Adjective
hyalin (not comparable)
- hyaline, glassy, transparent
Declension
Synonyms
- glasaktig
Related terms
- hyalint brosk
- hyalit
References
- hyalin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- hyalin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
English
Alternative forms
- hyalin
Etymology
Latin hyalinus, from Koine Greek ὑάλινος (huálinos), from ὕαλος (húalos, “glass”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhaɪəlɪn/, /ˈhaɪəliːn/
Adjective
hyaline (comparative more hyaline, superlative most hyaline)
- Glassy, transparent; amorphous.
- 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, p. 117:
- And, as below she braids her hyaline hair, / Eyes her soft smiles reflected in the air […] .
- 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, p. 117:
Derived terms
- hyaline degeneration
Translations
Noun
hyaline (countable and uncountable, plural hyalines)
- (poetic) Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky.
- 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Rhapsody of Life’s Progress
- Our blood runs amazed ‘neath the calm hyaline.
- 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Rhapsody of Life’s Progress
- (zoology, anatomy) A clear translucent substance in tissues.
- (biochemistry) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation.
- 1880, Arthur Gamgee, A Text-book of the physiological chemistry […]
- where a villus comes next to a gland the short cubical cells of the gland may be traced into the columnar cells of the villus , the hyaline border becoming more marked
- 1880, Arthur Gamgee, A Text-book of the physiological chemistry […]
Latin
Adjective
hyaline
- vocative masculine singular of hyalinus
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