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vacuole
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English
Etymology
From French vacuole, from Medieval Latin vacuola, formed as a diminutive of Latin vacuus (“empty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvækjʊˌəʊl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
vacuole (plural vacuoles)
- (cytology) A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
- A small empty or air-filled space or vacuity.
- 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed:
- This surface itself was not entirely homogeneous, but beneath it, seen as through ground glass, there were dim whitish patches or vacuoles, which varied constantly in shape and size.
Derived terms
Translations
large membrane-bound vesicle
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
vacuole f (plural vacuoles)
Further reading
- “vacuole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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