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capacitation (kә-pas″ĭ-ta´shәn) the process by which the glycoprotein coat and the seminal proteins are removed from the surface of the sperm's acrosome by substances secreted by the uterus or fallopian tubes of the female genital tract, thereby permitting the acrosome reaction to occur.
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