hyaline vs hyaloid what difference

what is difference between hyaline and hyaloid

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)

1. 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 […] .

Derived terms

• hyaline degeneration

Translations

Noun

hyaline (countable and uncountable, plural hyalines)

1. (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.

2. (zoology, anatomy) A clear translucent substance in tissues.
3. (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

Latin

Adjective

hyaline

1. vocative masculine singular of hyalinus

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑαλοειδής (hualoeidḗs), from ὕαλος (húalos, “glass”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-id”).

Adjective

hyaloid (comparative more hyaloid, superlative most hyaloid)

1. transparent or glassy

Derived terms

• hyaloid artery
• hyaloid fossa
• hyaloid membrane
• subhyaloid
• hyaloidotomy
• hyaluronic

Noun

hyaloid (plural hyaloids)

1. (anatomy) The hyaloid membrane

Anagrams

• Holiday, holiday, hyoidal

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