Vacuole : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Vacuole	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Vacuole
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vacuole n a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vacuole \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}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Contractile}, and see Illusts. of {Infusoria}, and {Lobosa}. {Food vacuole}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Food}, and see Illust. of {Infusoria}.