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Definition of Hyaluronidase

1. Noun. An enzyme (trade name Hyazyme) that splits hyaluronic acid and so lowers its viscosity and increases the permeability of connective tissue and the absorption of fluids.

Definition of Hyaluronidase

1. Noun. (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of hyaluronic acid ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hyaluronidase

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Medical Definition of Hyaluronidase

1. Enzyme that degrades hyaluronic acid, found in lysosomes. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Hyaluronidase

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"In the case of CSB, the cleavage probably occurs by the action of hyaluronidase at the occasional glucuronic acid linkages; how the breaks arise in HS is ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... in a con- ction with hyaluronidase (9), suggests .rge spectrum of enzyme activities are ed in the extracellular compartments ective tissue. ..."

3. Asbestos Publications Produced by the National Institute for Occupational by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"The hyaluronidase test (digestion of hyaluronic acid by the enzyme) is useful ... Therefore a negative hyaluronidase test does not exclude the diagnosis of ..."

4. Animal Models in Biomedical Research: Poultry (1993)
""Collagen, proteoglycan and hyaluronidase activity in cultures from normal and scoliotic chicken fibroblasts." Y. Lien, J. Fu, RB Rucker, M. Scheck, ..."

5. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"Reduction by hyaluronidase of myo- cardial necrosis following coronary artery occlusion. Circulation 46:430-437. Marotti, G. l973. ..."

6. Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy: Principles and Techniques by Camran Nezhat (2000)
"Thomas J\V. Continued hyaluronidase on the formation of intraperitoneal adhesion in rats. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1950;74:497. 16. ..."

7. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"It has also been shown by Hetcher (1947) and Mann (1949) that spermatozoa easily release hyaluronidase into the surrounding medium. ..."

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