vacuole
<cell biology> Membrane bounded vesicle of eukaryotic cells. Secretory, endocytotic and phagocytotic vesicles can (more...)
vacuoles
Any spaces or cavities within a cell. They may function in digestion, storage, secretion, or excretion.
vacuome
A system of vacuoles that can be stained with neutral red in the living cell.
vacuous
Empty; unfilled; void; vacant. "Boundless the deep, because I am who fill Infinitude; nor vacuous the space." (Milton) " (more...)
vacutome
Electrodermatome that applies suction to the skin to raise it before an advancing blade, usually for taking a split-thic (more...)
vacuum
Origin: L, fr. Vacuus empty. See Vacuous.
vacuum casting
The casting of a metal in the presence of a vacuum.
vacuum curettage
Aspiration of the contents of the uterus with a vacuum curette.
vacuum desiccator
A desiccator that can be evacuated.
vacuum disk phenomenon
The appearance of a radiolucent stripe in an intervertebral disk, a manifestation of disk degeneration; a misnomer since (more...)
