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hyades
  • n  (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward
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hyaena
  • n  doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion
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hyalin
  • n  a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
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hyaline cartilage
  • n  translucent cartilage that is common in joints and the respiratory passages; forms most of the fetal skeleton
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hyaline membrane disease
  • n  an acute lung disease of the newborn (especially the premature newborn); lungs cannot expand because of a wetting agent is lacking; characterized by rapid shallow breathing and cyanosis and the formation of a glassy hyaline membrane over the alveoli
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hyalinisation
  • n  the state of being hyaline or having become hyaline
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hyalinization
  • n  the state of being hyaline or having become hyaline
    the patient's arterioles showed marked hyalinization
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hyaloid membrane
  • n  the transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina
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hyalophora cecropia
  • n  North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees
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hyaloplasm
  • n  the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell
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hyalosperma
  • n  genus of herbs of temperate Australia including some from genus Helipterum
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hyalospongiae
  • n  sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays; choanocytes are restricted to finger-shaped chambers
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