MEANING
Clear or translucent with a smooth glasslike appearance.
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- hyaline membrane
- hyaline cartilage
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A hyaline membrane stretched across the organism's chamber.
The specimen's hyaline cartilage gleamed under the lamp.
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- hyaline
Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more hyaline; superlative most hyaline where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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