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vac·u·ole

 (văk′yo͞o-ōl′)
n.
1. A membrane-bound organelle in the cytoplasm of most cells, especially plant cells, containing water and dissolved substances such as salts, sugars, enzymes, and amino acids.
2. A small extracellular cavity or space within tissues.

[French, from Latin vacuus, empty; see vacuum.]

vac′u·o′lar (-ō′lər, -lär′) adj.
vac′u·o·la′tion n.
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vacuole

(ˈvækjʊˌəʊl)
n
(Biology) biology a fluid-filled cavity in the cytoplasm of a cell
[C19: from French, literally: little vacuum, from Latin vacuum]
ˌvacuˈolar adj
vacuolate, vacuolated adj
vacuolation n
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vac•u•ole

(ˈvæk yuˌoʊl)

n.
1. a membrane-bound cavity within a cell, often containing a watery liquid or secretion..
2. a minute cavity or vesicle in organic tissue.
[1850–55; < French; see vacuum, -ole1]
vac•u•o•lar (ˌvæk yuˈoʊ lər, ˈvæk yu ə-, ˈvæk yə lər) adj.
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vac·u·ole

(văk′yo͞o-ōl′)
A space in a cell's cytoplasm that is surrounded by a membrane and filled with a watery fluid. The fluid stores food prior to digestion or waste products prior to excretion. See more at cell.
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vacuole

A saclike, fluid-filled cell organelle used for storage.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.vacuole - a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cellvacuole - a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
cell - (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
bodily cavity, cavum, cavity - (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
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vakuola
vacuole

vac·u·ole

n. vacuola, pequeña cavidad o espacio en el protoplasma celular que contiene líquido o aire.
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Microscopically, SRSCTs are composed of cells with a signet ring-like appearance, most frequently with a single cytoplasmic vacuole displacing the nucleus eccentrically (Figure 1).
To provide additional information about a potential pathogen, this study describes, for the first time, colonial growth [i.e., growth of bacteria in both size and number in the parasitophorous vacuole of the infected cell, according to Sun and Wu (2004)] and development of an E-RLO in some tissues of Crassostrea gigas.
This fluorescent B12 was fed to the plants and it was found to accumulate within a specialised part of the leaf cell called a vacuole, providing definitive evidence that some plants can absorb and transport cobalamin.
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After 14 days of adipogenic induction, we evaluated the intensity of Oil red O staining and lipid vacuole formation for further validation of the adipogenic differentiation of hUCB-MSCs, as well as the expression of the adipogenic-specific markers PPAR[gamma] and leptin.
Low numbers of mononuclear phagocytes were also present and were occasionally noted to have a cytoplasmic vacuole containing small, thin, variably staining, linear to pleomorphic structures, consistent with bacteria (Fig 3).
In MSOM morphologically normal sperm (class 1), [less than or equal to]2 small vacuoles (class 2), and one large vacuole or &gt;2 small vacuoles (class 3) were evaluated.
A recently intriguing concept of noncanonical autophagy is characterized by the formation of autophagosomes without the necessity of Atg proteins that are recruited upon a double membrane vacuole containing bacteria [19, 37].