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vac·u·ole  audio  (vky-l) KEY 

NOUN:
A small cavity in the cytoplasm of a cell, bound by a single membrane and containing water, food, or metabolic waste.
ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Latin vacuus, empty ; see vacuum

OTHER FORMS:
vacu·olar  (-lr, -lär) KEY (Adjective), vacu·o·lation(Noun)


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