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Word: Acrosome
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century. From acro- + -some, after German Akrosoma
Definition:
A membrane-bound, darkly staining, granular structure surrounding the anterior end of the nucleus in a spermatozoon, containing enzymes that assist in the penetration of the ovum.
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