CAPACITATION

Meaning of CAPACITATION in English

Pronunciation: k ə - ˌ pa-s ə - ' t ā -sh ə n

Function: noun

Date: 1951

: the change undergone by sperm in the female reproductive tract that enables them to penetrate and fertilize an egg

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

CAPACITATION — noun Date: 1951 the change undergone by sperm in the female reproductive tract that enables them to penetrate and fertilize …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CAPACITATION — I. kəˌpasəˈtāshən noun ( -s ) : the act of capacitating : qualification II. noun : the change undergone by …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAPACITATION — n. accommodation; act of giving capacitance; process by which spermatozoa becomes able to fertilize an egg (Biology)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CAPACITATION — noun Date: 1951 : the change undergone by sperm in the female reproductive tract that enables them to penetrate and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAPACITATION — [ca.pac.i.ta.tion] n (1951): the change undergone by sperm in the female reproductive tract that enables them to penetrate and fertilize …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HABILITATION — n habilitation (1. capacitation, enabling; 2. qualifying, qualification)
Interlingua English vocab
CAPACITATE — transitive verb (-tated; -tating) Date: 1657 to make capable, to cause (sperm) to undergo capacitation
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CAPACITATE — I. kəˈpasəˌtāt transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: capacity (I) + -ate : to make capable : qualify by this …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HABILITATION — həˌbiləˈtāshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Medieval Latin habilitation-, habilitatio, from Late Latin habilitatus + Latin -ion-, -io -ion : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAPACITATE — — capacitation , n. /keuh pas"i tayt'/ , v.t., capacitated, capacitating . to make capable; enable. [ 1645-55; CAPACIT(Y) + …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAPACITATE — transitive verb ( -tat·ed ; -tat·ing ) Date: 1657 1. archaic : to make capable 2. : to cause (sperm) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAPACITATE — ■ verb 1》 formal or archaic make capable or legally competent. 2》 ( be ~d ) Physiology (of spermatozoa) undergo …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CAPACITATE — [ca.pac.i.tate] vt -tat.ed ; -tat.ing (1657) 1 archaic: to make capable 2: to cause (sperm) to undergo capacitation
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FERTILIZATION
Britannica English vocabulary

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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