Apohyal :: Apohyal (a.) Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.

Basihyal :: Basihyal (a.) Noting two small bones, forming the body of the inverted hyoid arch..

Ceratohyal :: Ceratohyal (a.) Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epihyal in the hyoid arch..

Ceratohyal :: Ceratohyal (n.) A ceratohyal bone, or cartilage, which, in man, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid..

Epihyal :: Epihyal (n.) A segment next above the ceratohyal in the hyoidean arch.

Glossohyal :: Glossohyal (a.) Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.

Hyalea :: Hyalea (n.) A pteroid of the genus Cavolina. See Pteropoda, and Illustration in Appendix..

Hyalescence :: Hyalescence (n.) The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparent like glass..

Hyaline :: Hyaline (a.) Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal..

Hyaline :: Hyaline (n.) A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere.

Hyaline :: Hyaline (n.) The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleous originates..

Hyaline :: Hyaline (n.) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation..

Hyalite :: Hyalite (n.) A pellucid variety of opal in globules looking like colorless gum or resin; -- called also Muller's glass.

Hyalograph :: Hyalograph (n.) An instrument for tracing designs on glass.

Hyalography :: Hyalography (n.) Art of writing or engraving on glass.

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

Hyalonema :: Hyalonema (n.) A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (H. Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope..

Hyalophane :: Hyalophane (n.) A species of the feldspar group containing barium. See Feldspar.

Hyalospongia :: Hyalospongia (n. pl.) An order of vitreous sponges, having glassy six-rayed, siliceous spicules; -- called also Hexactinellinae..

Hyalotype :: Hyalotype (n.) A photographic picture copied from the negative on glass; a photographic transparency.

Hypohyal :: Hypohyal (a.) Pertaining to one or more small elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes, between the caratohyal and urohyal..

Hypohyal :: Hypohyal (n.) One of the hypohyal bones or cartilages.

Interhyal :: Interhyal (a.) Of or pertaining to a segment sometimes present at the proximal end of the hyoidean arch.

Interhyal :: Interhyal (n.) An interhyal ligament or cartilage.

Pro Thyalosoma :: Pro thyalosoma (n.) The investing portion, or spherical envelope, surrounding the eccentric germinal spot of the germinal vesicle..

Prothyalosomata :: Prothyalosomata (pl. ) of Pro thyalosom.

Prothyalosome :: Prothyalosome (n.) Same as Prothyalosoma.

Stylohyal :: Stylography (n.) A mode of writing or tracing lines by means of a style on cards or tablets.

Subhyaloid :: Subhumerate (v. t.) To place the shoulders under; to bear.

Thyrohyal :: Thyrohyal (n.) One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in man..

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