| acrosome |
a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg
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| acrogenous |
acrogenic: pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem
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| acrolein |
propenal: a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene
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| acromegalia |
acromegaly: enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor)
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| acromegalic |
having abnormal size with overgrown extremities resulting from abnormal pituitary secretion; "a protruding acromegalic jaw"; "a pituitary dwarf"
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