hyaloid

Other forms of hyaloid

plural

hyaloids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hyaloid

What does hyaloid mean?

hyaloid means "the transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hyaloid?

hyaloid has 2 syllables: hya-loid. The stress falls on "hya".

What is another word for hyaloid?

Close synonyms include hyaloid membrane, hyaline. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hyaloid a common word?

hyaloid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.