hyalescent
English
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edit- Rhymes: -ɛsənt
Adjective
edithyalescent (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