hyalo-, hyal-
(Greek: glass, glassy; transparent; pertaining to the vitreous humor or surrounding membrane)
angiohyalinosis
Hyaline degeneration of the walls of the blood vessels.
Hyaline degenerationz, refers to a group of several degenerative processes that affect various cells and tissues, resulting in the formation of rounded masses ("droplets") or relatively broad bands of substances that are homogeneous, translucent, refractile, and moderately to deeply acidophilic; may occur in the collagen of old fibrous tissue, smooth muscle of arterioles or the uterus, and as droplets in parenchymal cells.
hyalescent
hyalesence
hyaline: glass
1. Resembling glass, as in translucence or transparency; glassy.
2. Clear, translucent, and containing no fibers or granular material.
2. Clear, translucent, and containing no fibers or granular material.
hyalinization
An excessive fear of glass bottoms: Don never understood why anyone having a hyalinopygophobia would dread to see the lowest part or base of a water goblet!
hyalite
hyalitis
hyaloclast
hyaloclastic
hyalodermis
hyalogen
hyalograph
An instrument for tracing designs on glass.
hyalography
The art and technique of writing, or engraving, on glass.
hyaloid
More "glass" words are at this vitreo-, vitr- family unit.
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