See Also: capacitation(medicine)
sperm capacitation(medicine)

datuk (iou) and capacitation (medicine)


datuk (iou)



datuk noun. . M19.
[Malay dato', datok elder (as a term of address and a title) (in Indonesian datuk), and Tagalog dato ruler.]
A landowner or chief in northern Borneo, the Philippines, and some adjacent areas.

capacitation (medicine)


capacitation
<biology> A process occurring in mammalian sperm after exposure to secretions in the female genital tract. Surface changes take place probably involved with the acrosome which are necessary before the sperm can fertilize an egg.