Definitions for vacuoleˈvæk yuˌoʊl

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

vac•u•oleˈvæk yuˌoʊl(n.)

  1. a membrane-bound cavity within a cell, often containing a watery liquid or secretion..

    Category: Cell Biology

  2. a minute cavity or vesicle in organic tissue.

    Category: Cell Biology

Origin of vacuole:

1850–55; < F; see vacuum , -ole1

vac•u•o•larˌvæk yuˈoʊ lər, ˈvæk yu ə-, ˈvæk yə lər(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. vacuole(noun)

    a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell

Wiktionary

  1. vacuole(Noun)

    A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.

  2. Origin: vacuolum, diminutive form of vacuum.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vacuole(noun)

    a small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell protoplasm


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