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Meaning of epididymosome | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A small, membranous vesicle, within the epididymal lumen, in which spermatozoa acquire membrane proteins.

Examples

“Epididymosomes are mainly concerned with the transfer of various proteins that lack signal sequences to spermatozoa where the proteins are GPI anchored.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

epididymosomes epididymotomy epididymovasostomy epidiorite epidioxide epidithiodioxopiperazine