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acrosome
"A membrane-bound, darkly staining, granular structure surrounding the anterior end of the nucleus in a spermatozoon, containing enzymes that assist in the penetration of the ovum", Late 19th cent. From
acro-
+ -some, after German
Akrosoma
.