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nonacrosomal

nonacrosomal adjective: not acrosomal; unrelated to acrosomes.

Adjective

nonacrosomal (not comparable)

  1. Not acrosomal; unrelated to acrosomes.
    • When this occurs are new nonacrosomal antigens becoming involved?1977, Edidin, M. H. Johnson, Immunobiology of Gametes, page 183
    • The acrosome reaction is a prerequisite for fusion between ova and spermatozoa plasma membranes, and zona free ova cannot undergo fusion with nonacrosomal activated sperm even though attachment to the membrane surface occurs (Fig. 8-3).2013, E. S. E. Hafez, B. Hafez, Reproduction in Farm Animals

Origin of nonacrosomal

From non- + acrosomal.

Questions about nonacrosomal

What does nonacrosomal mean?
Nonacrosomal means not acrosomal; unrelated to acrosomes.
What part of speech is nonacrosomal?
Nonacrosomal is an adjective.

Words near nonacrosomal in the dictionary

  1. nonacrobatic
  2. nonacrocentric
  3. nonacronymous
  4. nonacrophobic
  5. nonacrophonic
  6. nonacrosomal
  7. nonacrostic
  8. nonacrylic
  9. nonact
  10. nonactable
  11. nonactic

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