VACUOLATION

vacuolization, vacuolisation, vacuolation

(noun) the state of having become filled with vacuoles

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

vacuolation (plural vacuolations)

(medicine, biology) The formation of vacuoles in a cellular tissue

Source: Wiktionary


Vac"u*o*la"tion, n. (Biol.)

Definition: Formation into, or multiplication of, vacuoles.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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