HYALIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions

Synonyms:

hyalin; hyaline

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("hyalin" is a kind of...):

translucent substance; transparent substance (a material having the property of admitting light diffusely; a partly transparent material)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hyalin"):

keratohyalin (hyaline in the large granules of the stratum granulosum)

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