Definitions for vacuoleˈvæk yuˌoʊl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
vac•u•oleˈvæk yuˌoʊl(n.)
a membrane-bound cavity within a cell, often containing a watery liquid or secretion..
Category: Cell Biology
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
vacuole(noun)
a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
Wiktionary
vacuole(Noun)
A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
Origin: vacuolum, diminutive form of vacuum.
Webster Dictionary
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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