Found 2 hits - Term: contractile vacuole, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vacuole \vac"uole\, n. l. vacuus empty: cf. f. vacuole.
biol.
a small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of
organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery
liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell
protoplasm.
1913 webster
contractile vacuole. zool. see under contractile, and
see illusts. of infusoria, and lobosa.
food vacuole. zool. see under food, and see illust. of
infusoria.
1913 webster
see also:
contractile vacuole contractile infusoria lobosa food vacuole food
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
contractile \contract"ile\, a. cf. f. contractile.
tending to contract; having the power or property of
contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller
dimensions; as, the contractile tissues.
1913 webster
the heart's contractile force. --h. brooke.
1913 webster
each cilium seems to be composed of contractile
substance. --hixley.
1913 webster
contractile vacuole zool., a pulsating cavity in the
interior of a protozoan, supposed to be excretory in
function. there may be one, two, or more.
1913 webster
see also:
contractile vacuole
Results 1 - 4 of 4 found about contractile vacuole: Contractile
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Contractile, definition of term: Contractile
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Vacuole, definition of term: Vacuole
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Contractile Vac, definition of term: Contractile Vac
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Food Vacuole, definition of term: Food Vacuole
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