spermiogenesisn.
/spəːmɪəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/ Biology.
The development of spermatozoa; spec. the maturation of spermatids into spermatozoa (the last phase of spermatogenesis).
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1920 Biol. Bull. 39 333 The general topography of spermiogenesis has been worked out on Murgantia.
1956 Nature 25 Feb. 387/2 A study of spermiogenesis in the bandicoot..has shown that an acrosome is indeed present.
1980 D. J. Begley et al. Human Reprod. iii. 30/2 Following spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis, which take about 64 days in man, sperm pass through the rete into the epididymis.
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