'Vacuole' definitions:
Definition of 'vacuole'
From: WordNet
noun
A tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
Definition of 'Vacuole'
From: GCIDE
- Vacuole \Vac"u*ole\, n. [L. vacuus empty: cf. F. vacuole.] (Biol.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Contractile vacuole. (Zool.) See under Contractile, and see Illusts. of Infusoria, and Lobosa.
- Food vacuole. (Zool.) See under Food, and see Illust. of Infusoria. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vacuole'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aster,
- basal body,
- cell membrane,
- central apparatus,
- central body,
- centriole,
- centroplasm,
- centrosome,
- centrosphere,
- chloroplast,
- chromoplast,
- cilia,
- cytocentrum,
- flagella,
- Golgi apparatus,
- kinoplasm,
- microbody,
- microcentrum,
- mitochondrion,
- pili,
- plasmodesmata,
- plastid,
- plastosome,
- ribosome,
- spherosome,
- spindle fibers