: transparent or nearly so and usually homogeneous
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: something (such as the clear atmosphere) that is transparent
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or hyalin
: any of several translucent nitrogenous substances related to chitin, found especially around cells, and readily stained by eosin
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The medical breakthrough led to further developments, including Dr. Stahlman’s research on pulmonary function, the physiology of lung cells and a treatment using surfactant, a protein that is deficient in babies with hyaline membrane disease.
—Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
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hyaline
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or hyalin
: a nitrogenous substance closely related to chitin that forms the main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts and yields a sugar on decomposition
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: 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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