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vacuoles

vacuoles is the plural of vacuole.

Meaning of vacuole

Noun

vacuole (plural vacuoles)

  1. A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
  2. A small empty or air-filled space or vacuity.
    • This surface itself was not entirely homogeneous, but beneath it, seen as through ground glass, there were dim whitish patches or vacuoles, which varied constantly in shape and size.1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed

Phrases with vacuoles

Questions about vacuoles

What is vacuoles the plural of?
Vacuoles is the plural of vacuole.

Words near vacuoles in the dictionary

  1. vacuolates
  2. vacuolating
  3. vacuolation
  4. vacuolations
  5. vacuole
  6. vacuoles
  7. vacuolic
  8. vacuolin
  9. vacuolins
  10. vacuolisation
  11. vacuolisations

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