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Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.

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  1. a. Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.
  2. adj. resembling glass in transparency or translucency
  3. n. the transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina
  4. Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.
  5. Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, thehyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreoushumor of the eye.
  6. n the transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina s resembling glass in transparency or translucency