Hyaline

  • 21hyaline membrane disease — n. a respiratory disease of unknown cause of newborn infants, esp. if premature, characterized by an abnormal membrane of protein lining the alveoli of the lungs …

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  • 22Hyaline cartilage — Infobox Anatomy Name = Hyaline cartilage Latin = GraySubject = 68 GrayPage = 279 Caption = Human cartilage cells from the cricoid cartilage. Caption2 = Transverse section of trachea. (Hyaline cartilage labeled at bottom right.) System = MeshName …

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  • 23hyaline degeneration — noun Etymology: hyaline (I) : tissue degeneration chiefly of connective tissues in which structural elements of affected cells are replaced by homogeneous translucent material that stains intensely with acid dyes * * * hyaline degeneration noun… …

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  • 24hyaline arteriolosclerosis — arteriolosclerosis characterized by homogeneous pink hyaline thickening of vessel walls, associated with benign nephrosclerosis …

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  • 25hyaline membrane — 1. the membrane between the outer root sheath and the inner fibrous layer of a hair follicle. Called also glassy m. 2. a layer of eosinophilic hyaline material lining the alveoli, alveolar ducts, and bronchioles, found at autopsy in infants who… …

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  • 26hyaline membrane disease — noun an acute lung disease of the newborn (especially the premature newborn); lungs cannot expand because of a wetting agent is lacking; characterized by rapid shallow breathing and cyanosis and the formation of a glassy hyaline membrane over the …

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  • 27hyaline cast — noun Etymology: hyaline (I) : a renal cast characterized by homogeneity of structure …

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  • 28hyaline — I. adjective Etymology: Late Latin hyalinus, from Greek hyalinos, from hyalos Date: circa 1661 transparent or nearly so and usually homogeneous II. noun Date: 1667 1. something (as the clear atmosphere) that is transparent 2. (or hy …

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  • 29hyaline — clear, glassy, vitreus, semi transparent …

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  • 30hyaline — adj. [Gr. hyalos, glass] Clear, transparent or glassy …

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