GROUND GLASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ground glass mean? 

• GROUND GLASS (noun)
  The noun GROUND GLASS has 2 senses:

1. glass that diffuses light due to a rough surface produced by abrasion or etching

2. particulate glass made by grinding and used as an abrasive

  Familiarity information: GROUND GLASS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GROUND GLASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Glass that diffuses light due to a rough surface produced by abrasion or etching

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ground glass" is a kind of...):

glass (a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Particulate glass made by grinding and used as an abrasive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ground glass" is a kind of...):

glass (a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the presence of large malignant cells with ground glass cytoplasm and stromal eosinophilic infiltrates.

(Cervical Adenosquamous Carcinoma, Glassy Cell Variant, NCI Thesaurus)