different between nitrogenous vs hyaline

English

Etymology

nitrogen +? -ous

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?d??n?s

Adjective

nitrogenous (not comparable)

1. of, relating to, or containing nitrogen

Synonyms

• nitrogenic

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• hyalin

Etymology

Latin hyalinus, from Koine Greek ??????? (huálinos), from ????? (húalos, “glass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha??l?n/, /?ha??li?n/

Adjective

hyaline (comparative more hyaline, superlative most hyaline)

1. Glassy, transparent; amorphous.

Derived terms

• hyaline degeneration

Translations

Noun

hyaline (countable and uncountable, plural hyalines)

1. (poetic) Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky.
   • 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Rhapsody of Life's Progress

     Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline.

2. (zoology, anatomy) A clear translucent substance in tissues.
3. (biochemistry) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation.
   • 1880, Arthur Gamgee, A Text-book of the physiological chemistry […]

     where a villus comes next to a gland the short cubical cells of the gland may be traced into the columnar cells of the villus , the hyaline border becoming more marked

Latin

Adjective

hyaline

1. vocative masculine singular of hyalinus