Thesaurus: vacuole
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.
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- n. 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.
- n. a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
- 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.
- A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organiccells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or somespecial chemical secretions of the cell protoplasm. Contractilevacuole. (Zoöl.) See under Contractile, and see Illusts. ofInfusoria, and Lobosa.-- Food vacuole. (Zoöl.) See under Food, and see Illust. ofInfusoria.
- n. a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell