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Definition of: vacuole
(vak′y
·ōl) noun Biol.
A minute cavity containing air, a watery fluid, or a chemical secretion of the protoplasm, found in an organ, tissue, or cell. [<F <L vacuum, neut. of vacuus empty]
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