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nebenkern

noun ne·ben·kern \ˈnā-bən-ˌkərn, -ˌke(ə)rn\

Medical Definition of NEBENKERN

:  a two-stranded helical structure of the proximal tail region of a spermatozoon that is derived from mitochondria

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