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Hyaloid

Hyaloid \Hy"a*loid\, a. [Gr. ? glassy, transparent; "y`alos glass + ? appearance: cf. F. hyalo["i]de.] (Anat.) Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.

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hyaloid

a. transparent or glossy

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hyaloid

adj. resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell [syn: hyaline]

Usage examples of "hyaloid".

He squinted through the hyaloid membrane of the docking chamber's blister and sighted upward along the elastic cable.