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HYALOID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hyaloid mean?
• HYALOID (noun)
The noun HYALOID has 1 sense:
1. the transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina
Familiarity information: HYALOID used as a noun is very rare.
• HYALOID (adjective)
The adjective HYALOID has 1 sense:
1. resembling glass in transparency or translucency
Familiarity information: HYALOID used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
hyaloid; hyaloid membrane
Hypernyms ("hyaloid" is a kind of...):
membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling glass in transparency or translucency
Synonyms:
hyaline; hyaloid
Context example:
the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline
Similar:
clear (allowing light to pass through)
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