acroblast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Material derived from the Golgi apparatus from which the acrosome develops during spermatogenesis.
  2. A type of embryonic cell forming a layer external to the mesoblast.

Word forms

acroblast acroblasts

Etymology

From acro- + -blast.

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