NOUN | body | vacuole | a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell |
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Meaning | A tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell. | |
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Part of | cell | (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms |
Broader | cavity, bodily cavity, cavum | (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus / sinus within the body |
Spanish | vacuola | |
Catalan | vacuola, vacúol | |
Adjectives | vacuolate, vacuolated | formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell |
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