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acrosome

acrosome noun: a structure forming the end of the head of a spermatozoon.

Noun

acrosome (plural acrosomes)

  1. A structure forming the end of the head of a spermatozoon.

acrosome meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Arabic

acrosome in Tamil

விந்தணு தலையுறை, விந்தணு நுனித்திரள்

acrosome in Malayalam

acrosome
അക്രോസോം akrōsōṁ

acrosome in Arabic

end of the head of a spermatozoon
مُقَدِّمَة الْحَيَوَانِ الْمَنَوِيِّ

Forms of acrosome

pluralacrosomes

Origin of acrosome

From acro- + -some.

Words formed from acrosome

Questions about acrosome

What does acrosome mean?
Acrosome means a structure forming the end of the head of a spermatozoon.
What is acrosome in Tamil?
Acrosome in Tamil is விந்தணு தலையுறை, விந்தணு நுனித்திரள். See Acrosome meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is acrosome?
Acrosome is a noun.
What is the plural of acrosome?
The plural of acrosome is acrosomes.

Words near acrosome in the dictionary

  1. acrose
  2. acrosin
  3. acrosine
  4. acroski
  5. acrosomal
  6. acrosome
  7. acrosomeless
  8. acrosomes
  9. acrosomic
  10. acrosomin
  11. acrospire

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Adapted from Wiktionary: acrosome (page history and authors); acrosome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അക്രോസോം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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