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nonacrosomal en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + acrosomal.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not acrosomal; unrelated to acrosomes.
    • 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:
    • Even in spermatids of the cat and of man in which Burgos and Fawcett (1955) and Fawcett (1958) have shown that a fibrous perforatorium does not occur, it can nevertheless be seen in thin sections (Fawcett, 1958; Horstmann, 1961) that the homologous sites contain at least small amounts of nonacrosomal substance. 2014, Charles B. Metz, Alberto Monroy, Fertilization, page 350:
    • When this occurs are new nonacrosomal antigens becoming involved? 1977, Edidin, M. H. Johnson, Immunobiology of Gametes, page 183: