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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK] glassy, transparent;

ὕαλοσ

glass + [GREEK] appearance: cf. F.

hyaloïde

(Anat.)

Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline;

as, the

hyaloid

membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye