Relating to transparent or colorless hyphae or other fungal structures. SYN: hyaloid. [G. hyalos, glass]
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hy·a·line 'hī-ə-lən, -.līn adj transparent or nearly transparent and usu. homogeneous
hyaline n
1) or hy·a·lin -ə-lən a nitrogenous substance closely related to chitin that forms the main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts and yields a sugar on decomposition
2) any of several translucent substances similar to hyaline that collect around cells, are capable of being stained by eosin, and yield a carbohydrate as a cleavage product
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hy·a·line (hiґə-lēn) [Gr. hyalos glass] glassy and transparent or nearly so; called also hyaloid.Medical dictionary. 2011.