VACUOLATE

vacuolate, vacuolated

(adjective) formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

vacuolate (third-person singular simple present vacuolates, present participle vacuolating, simple past and past participle vacuolated)

(cytology) to develop or form vacuoles

Anagrams

• autoclave

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Word of the Day

25 November 2024

ONCHOCERCIASIS

(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America


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