epididymosome

English

Etymology

epididymo- +‎ -some

Noun

epididymosome (plural epididymosomes)

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

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