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Well, Lyla, I am now befuddled too. The best I could come up with was a
reference to this acid in a definition from Taber's medical dictionary, 19th
ed'n, page 1009:
"Hyaluronidase. An enzyme that disrupts or destroys the extracellular
framework of body tissues. It is found in many animal tissues and can be
synthesized for therapeutic use. In the testes and the acrosomes of
permatozoa, along with other acrosomal enzymes, it degrades the HYALURONIC
ACID in the corona radiata, facilitating the entry of sperm. [U]ses:
synthetic hyaluronidase can be used to facilitate diffusion of injected
local anesthetics (e.g. in cataract surgery.)"
Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC
Wyndmoor, PA, USA
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