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vacuolize

vacuolize verb: to form vacuoles.

Verb

vacuolize (third-person singular simple present vacuolizes, present participle vacuolizing, simple past and past participle vacuolized)

  1. To form vacuoles.
    • Compared with control animals, in rabbits treated with acetylsalicylic acid for 14 days small discontinuities were observed in glycocalix, and epithelium was disorganized and slightly vacuolized.2015 August 29, Ana M. Sahagún et al., “Study of the protective effect on intestinal mucosa of the hydrosoluble fiber Plantago ovata husk”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15...

Forms of vacuolize

third-person singular presentvacuolizes
present participlevacuolizing
past participlevacuolized
pastvacuolized

Origin of vacuolize

From vacuole + -ize.

Questions about vacuolize

What does vacuolize mean?
Vacuolize means to form vacuoles.
What part of speech is vacuolize?
Vacuolize is a verb.
What is the past tense of vacuolize?
The past tense of vacuolize is vacuolized.

Words near vacuolize in the dictionary

  1. vacuolisations
  2. vacuolise
  3. vacuolised
  4. vacuolization
  5. vacuolizations
  6. vacuolize
  7. vacuolized
  8. vacuolizes
  9. vacuolizing
  10. vacuoloid
  11. vacuoloids

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