Associations to the word «Acrosome»

Wiktionary

ACROSOME, noun. A structure forming the end of the head of a spermatozoon.

Dictionary definition

ACROSOME, noun. A process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope