hyalinize
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- hyalinise (UK)
Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]hyalinize (third-person singular simple present hyalinizes, present participle hyalinizing, simple past and past participle hyalinized)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become hyaline.
- 2005, Rae Langford, June D. Thompson, Mosby's Handbook of Diseases (page 683)
- Tumor growth often outstrips blood supply, causing the tumor to hyalinize. The hyaline tissue may then liquefy and calcify.
- 2005, Rae Langford, June D. Thompson, Mosby's Handbook of Diseases (page 683)