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Hyaline \Hy"a*line\, a. [L. hyalinus, Gr. ?, fr. "y`alos glass:
cf. F. hyalin.]
Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent,
like crystal. "Hyaline spaces." --Carpenter.
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Hyaline \Hy"a*line\, n.
1. A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere. "The clear
hyaline, the glassy sea." --Milton.
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Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline.
--Mrs.
Browning.
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2. (Biol.) The pellucid substance, present in cells in
process of development, from which, according to some
embryologists, the cell nucleus originates.
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3. (Physiol. Chem.) The main constituent of the walls of
hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by
decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of
alcoholic fermentation. --Gamgee.
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