Dictionary entry

Hyaloid

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hy″a‐loid (?), a. [Gr. � glassy, transparent; ὕαλοσ glass + � 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.