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.
In grades 1 and 2 there is hyalinization and thickening of the retinal arterial walls leading to the straightened vessels in grade 1 and arteriovenous nipping (see next section) in grade 2.