vacuole
pronunciation
How to pronounce vacuole in British English:
UK [ˈvækjuəʊl]
How to pronounce vacuole in American English:
US [ˈvækjuoʊl]
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- Noun:
- a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
Word Origin
- vacuole (n.)
- "small cavity or vesicle," 1853, from French vacuole, from Medieval Latin vacuola, formed as a diminutive of Latin vacuus "empty" (see vacuum (n.)).
Example
- 1. Methods for vital fluorescent labeling of guard cells vacuole .
- 2. Within the cell , the translocation of arsenic and its storage in vacuoles is ensured by a category of peptides -- the phytochelatins -- that bind to the toxic metalloid , and are transported into the vacuole for detoxification , similar to hooking up a trailer to a truck .
- 3. Explain the formation of a food vacuole by a phagocytic cell .
- 4. Containing vacuoles or a vacuole .
- 5. Regulation of cell wall characteristics in plants - the role of histone modifications and central vacuole .