Category:Vacuole

Vac"u*ole, n. Etym: [l. vacuus empty: cf. F. vacuole.] (biol.)

Defn: 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. (zoöl.) See under contractile, and see illusts. of Infusoria, and lobosa. -- food vacuole. (zoöl.) See under food, and see illust. of Infusoria.