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·droÂ·colÂ·loid (hÄ«â²drÉ-kÅlâ²oidâ²) n. 1. A substance that forms a gel with water. 2. The gel that is so formed. hyâ²droÂ·colÂ·loidâ²al (-kÉ-loidâ²l) adj. hydrocolloid (ËhaÉªdrÉÊËkÉlÉÉªd) n (Biochemistry) biochem any substance that forms a gel with water.