Definitions for: Vacuole


[n] a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell



Webster (1913) Definition: Vac"u*ole, n. [L. vacuus empty: cf. F. vacuole.]
(Biol.)
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.

Contractile vacuole. (Zo["o]l.) See under Contractile,
and see Illusts. of Infusoria, and Lobosa.

Food vacuole. (Zo["o]l.) See under Food, and see Illust.
of Infusoria.

See Also: bodily cavity, cavity, cavum, cell

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