hyaloid membrane

1. 1.

   the transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina

   Synonymshyaloid

   Broadermembrane

Questions about hyaloid membrane

What does hyaloid membrane mean?

hyaloid membrane means "the transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina".

What is another word for hyaloid membrane?

Close synonyms include hyaloid. 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 membrane a common word?

hyaloid membrane 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.