Body Substance
hyaline Audio
hy·a·line [ hahy-uh-leen, -lin ]
Subclass of:
Fluids and Secretions
Etymology:
Greek hyalos = glass, from the Egyptian word for glass
Hyaline tissue is glassy.
Definitions related to hyalin substance:
  • (hyalin) A clear, homogenous, structureless, eosinophilic substance occurring in pathological degeneration of tissues.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (hyaline substance) Clear, homogenous, structureless, eosinophilic substance occurring in pathological degeneration of tissues.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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