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hyaloid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hyaloid has 1 sense
- hyaloid(n = noun.body) hyaloid membrane - the transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina; Array is a kind of membrane, tissue layer
Adjective hyaloid has 1 sense
- hyaloid(s = adj.all) hyaline - resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"
CIDE DICTIONARY
hyaloid, a. [Gr. glassy, transparent; "y`alos glass + appearance: cf. F. hyaloïde.].
Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hyaloid, adj. Anat. glassy.
Idiom
hyaloid membrane a thin transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humour of the eye.
Etymology
F hyalo{iuml}de f. LL hyaloides f. Gk hualoeides (as HYALITE)
ROGET THESAURUS
hyaloid
Transparency
N transparence, transparency, clarity, translucence, translucency, diaphaneity, lucidity, pellucidity, limpidity, fluorescence, transillumination, translumination, transparent medium, glass, crystal, lymph, vitrite, water, transparent, pellucid, lucid, diaphanous, translucent, tralucent, relucent, limpid, clear, serene, crystalline, clear as crystal, vitreous, transpicuous, glassy, hyaline, hyaloid, vitreform.
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