Definition of Vacule
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. (Zoöl.) See under
Contractile, and see Illusts. of Infusoria, and
Lobosa. -- Food vacuole. (Zoöl.)
See under Food, and see Illust. of
Infusoria.
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. (Zoöl.) See under
Contractile, and see Illusts. of Infusoria, and
Lobosa. -- Food vacuole. (Zoöl.)
See under Food, and see Illust. of
Infusoria.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (cytology) a large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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