Definitions for acrosomes

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acrosomes ac·ro·some

Spelling: [ak-ruh-sohm]

IPA: /ˈæk rəˌsoʊm/

Acrosomes is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 436 anagrams from letters in acrosomes (acemoorss).

Definitions for acrosomes

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 acrosomes

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

Examples for acrosomes

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

The acrosome seems to develop directly out of the cytoplasm.