vacuole
IPA: vˈækjuɫ
noun
- (cytology) A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
- A small empty or air-filled space or vacuity.
Examples of "vacuole" in Sentences
- Hi, Thanks for the edit to vacuole.
- The vacuole may be diminished or lost.
- A vacuole is the equivelent of an air bubble.
- Pigment is not located in a distinct vacuole.
- At the end of the gullet, a food vacuole forms.
- Is glycogen stored in the vacuoles of the human muscle cells
- Food is directed into the cytostome, and sealed into vacuoles.
- Dense protoplasm of meristematic cells contains very few vacuoles.
- The yolk itself is essentially a large lipid vacuole within the cell.