While an autobiography typically focuses on the life and times of the writer, a memoir has a narrower, more intimate focus on his or her own memories, feelings and emotions. Memoirs have often been written by politicians or military leaders as a way to record and publish an account of their public exploits.
Definition of hyaluronidase. : a mucolytic enzyme that facilitates the spread of fluids through tissues by lowering the viscosity of hyaluronic acid.
Medical Definition of GLYCOLYSIS. : the enzymatic breakdown of a carbohydrate (as glucose or glycogen) by way of phosphate derivatives with the production of pyruvic or lactic acid and energy stored in high-energy phosphate bonds of ATPâcalled also Embden-Meyerhof pathway.â glyÂ·coÂ·lytÂ·ic \ËglÄ«-kÉ-Ëlit-ik\ adjective. the enzymatic breakdown of a carbohydrate (as glucose) by way of phosphate derivatives with the production of pyruvic or lactic acid and energy stored in high-energy phosphate bonds of ATP. â glyÂ·coÂ·lytÂ·ic \ËglÄ«-kÉ-Ëli-tik\ adjective. ADVERTISEMENT.