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epididymosomes

epididymosomes is the plural of epididymosome.

Meaning of epididymosome

Noun

epididymosome (plural epididymosomes)

  1. A small, membranous vesicle, within the epididymal lumen, in which spermatozoa acquire membrane proteins.
    • Epididymosomes are mainly concerned with the transfer of various proteins that lack signal sequences to spermatozoa where the proteins are GPI anchored.2015, Shio Kumar Singh, Mammalian Endocrinology and Male Reproductive Biology, page 135

Questions about epididymosomes

What is epididymosomes the plural of?
Epididymosomes is the plural of epididymosome.

Words near epididymosomes in the dictionary

  1. epididymo-orchitis
  2. epididymodeferential
  3. epididymoorchitis
  4. epididymosomal
  5. epididymosome
  6. epididymosomes
  7. epididymotomies
  8. epididymotomy
  9. epididymous
  10. epididymovasostomies
  11. epididymovasostomy

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