Synonyms for vacuole


Grammar : Noun
Spell : vak-yoo-ohl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæk yuˌoʊl

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Définition of vacuole

Origin :
  • 1853, from French vacuole, from Latin vacuus "empty" (see vacuum).
  • As in cell : noun smallest living organism
Example sentences :
  • There is always one nucleus and one vacuole, but both may be more numerous.
  • Extract from : « Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole » by Gary N. Calkins
  • We have received the impression that we have here to deal with a vacuole filled with substance secreted by the cell.
  • Extract from : « Histology of the Blood » by Paul Ehrlich
  • The number of the vacuole containing cells is 15-20% of the colourless blood corpuscles.
  • Extract from : « Histology of the Blood » by Paul Ehrlich
  • At each end of the cell is a vacuole containing small granules that show an active dancing movement.
  • Extract from : « Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany » by Douglas Houghton Campbell
  • This is done by pulsation of the vacuole, which ultimately bursts, passing fluid waste to the outside.
  • Extract from : « A Civic Biology » by George William Hunter
  • These masses of food seem to be inclosed within a little area containing fluid, called a vacuole.
  • Extract from : « A Civic Biology » by George William Hunter
  • Later on this vacuole disappears, and the grains of pigment make their appearance.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 » by Various

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