hyalescent
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛsənt
Adjective edit
hyalescent (not comparable)
- (medicine, botany) Which becomes translucent.
- 1989, Nick Cave, And the Ass Saw the Angel:
- The cruel crimson scar blanched and became a pale violet, and his vulturous eyes glazed, turned hyalescent […] as if the hell-fire that had raged behind them had burnt itself out […]
References edit
- The On-line Medical Dictionary