Definitions for acrosome

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acrosome ac·ro·some

Spelling: [ak-ruh-sohm]

IPA: /ˈæk rəˌsoʊm/

Acrosome is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 355 anagrams from letters in acrosome (acemoors).

Definitions for acrosome

noun

1. an organelle covering the head of animal sperm and containing enzymes that digest the egg cell coating, thus permitting the sperm to enter the egg.

Origin of acrosome

1895-1900; German Akrosoma; see acro-, -some³

Examples for acrosome

The acrosome seems to develop directly out of the cytoplasm.

Spermatids containing both the chromatin nucleolus (n) and the odd chromosome (x), a the acrosome.