| glassy | 1. Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance. 2. Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep. 3. Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; said of the eyes. "In his glassy eye. <chemical>" Glassy feldspar, a variety of orthoclase; sanidine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| glassy membrane | The basement membrane present between the stratum granulosum and the theca interna of a vesicular ovarian follicle; it becomes very prominent in large atretic follicles, the basement membrane and associated connective tissue of the hair follicle. Synonym: hyaline membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |