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cortical reactions

cortical reactions is the plural of cortical reaction.

Meaning of cortical reaction

Noun

cortical reaction (plural cortical reactions)

  1. A reaction that manifests during fertilization, when the sperm cell coalesces with the egg's plasma membrane; this prevents entry of a second sperm.

Questions about cortical reactions

What is cortical reactions the plural of?
Cortical reactions is the plural of cortical reaction.

Words near cortical reactions in the dictionary

  1. cortical column
  2. cortical columns
  3. cortical plate
  4. cortical plates
  5. cortical reaction
  6. cortical reactions
  7. corticalis
  8. corticalization
  9. corticalize
  10. corticalized
  11. cortically

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