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.
hyÂ·drolÂ·yÂ·sis. A chemical process whereby a compound is cleaved into two or more simpler compounds with the uptake of the H and OH parts of a water molecule on either side of the chemical bond cleaved; hydrolysis is effected by the action of acids, alkalies, or enzymes.Compare: hydration. 1. a reaction between the ions of salt and those of water to form an acid and a base, one or both of which is only slightly dissociated. A process whereby a large molecule is split by the addition of water. The end products divide the water, the hydroxyl group being attached to one and the hydrogen ion to the other.