Hyaloid
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The hyaloid membrane
- 2 the transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina wordnet
Adjective
- 1 transparent or glassy
Adjective
- 1 resembling glass in transparency or translucency wordnet
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὑαλοειδής (hualoeidḗs), from ὕαλος (húalos, “glass”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-id”).