Vacuole Definition

văkyo͝o-ōl
vacuoles
noun
A membrane-bound organelle in the cytoplasm of most cells, especially plant cells, containing water and dissolved substances such as salts, sugars, enzymes, and amino acids.
American Heritage Medicine
A fluid-filled cavity within the cytoplasm of a cell, surrounded by a membrane that usually encloses food, water, or air.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Vacuole

Noun

Singular:
vacuole
Plural:
vacuoles

Origin of Vacuole

  • French from Latin vacuus empty vacuum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin vacuolum, diminutive form of vacuum.

    From Wiktionary

Vacuole Sentence Examples

  • The naked cells which have been alluded to live in water, and call therefore for no differentiation in connection with this necessity; but those which are surrounded by a cell-wall always develop within themselves a vacuole or cavity which occupies the greater part of their interior, and the hydrostatic pressure of whose contents keeps tha protoplasm in contact with the membrane, setting up a condition of turgidity.

  • Most plant cells have a single vacuole that takes up much of the cell.

  • Factors produced by mast cells also caused vacuole formation but not cell death.

  • Copepod with large oil vacuole, storing energy for the winter months.

  • The fixation made evident the cytoplasm that surrounds the great central vacuole.

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