crystalline vs hyaline

crystalline

adj
  • Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent. 

  • Of, relating to, or composed of crystals. 

  • Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure. 

  • Pure. 

hyaline

adj
  • Glassy, transparent; amorphous. 

noun
  • The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation. 

  • Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky. 

  • A clear translucent substance in tissues. 

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