Lexic.us

Definition of Hyaluronic acid

1. Noun. A viscous mucopolysaccharide found in the connective tissue space and the synovial fluid of movable joints and the humors of the eye; a cementing and protective substance.

Definition of Hyaluronic acid

1. Noun. (organic compound) A mucopolysaccharide that forms a gel-like substance within animal connective tissue ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Hyaluronic acid

1. Polymer composed of repeating dimeric units of glucuronic acid and N acetyl glucosamine. May be of extremely high molecular weight (up to several million daltons) and forms the core of complex proteoglycan aggregates found in extracellular matrix. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyaluronic Acid

Literary usage of Hyaluronic acid

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

1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"We conclude that free radicals in the gas phase of cigarette smoke degrade hyaluronic acid in vitro. 91-1223. Marks, MJ; Romm, E.; Campbell, SM; Collins, ..."

2. Asbestos Publications Produced by the National Institute for Occupational by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"A property of mesothelial cells is the production of acid mucopolysaccharides, especially hyaluronic acid, which stains strongly with colloidal iron, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"This value would include all the mucopolysaccharides—hyaluronic acid, chondroitin sulfates A and C, as well as CSB and HS. In that context, it seems highly ..."

4. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"Mucin itself (136-138), together with proteoglycans such as heparin sulfate and hyaluronic acid (139140), has significant antioxidant properties, ..."

5. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"158, 292 hyaluronic acid changes in levels of following myocardial infarction ir dog. 158210 Hydrocortisone effect on acetate incorporation by human diploid ..."

6. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"... shown to be characteristic of healthy dog strains (Smith, 1958), ie they were non-capsulated, non-mucoid, non-hyaluronic acid producing, non-iridescent, ..."

Other Resources: