1 Allow an elderly person to eat snacks that are high in nutrition between major meals; such as fruit, almonds, raisins, cottage cheese, or peanut butter, instead of potato chips, sweets, and other types of junk food.
Medical Definition of HYALINIZATION. : the process of becoming hyaline or of undergoing hyaline degeneration; also: the resulting state. the process of becoming hyaline or of undergoing hyaline degeneration; also: the resulting state.
Aspiration of amniotic fluid and its contents had previously been considered as a possible cause of hyaline membrane disease (HMD) but the aspiration theory lost currency when it was shown by Gitlin & Craig (1956) that amniotic fluid did not contain enough fibrin to account for that found in the membrane in HMD.