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food vacuole
a membrane-enclosed cell vacuole with a digestive function, containing material taken up in by the process of phagocytosis. -
-ole
denoting an organic unsaturated compound containing a 5-membered ring -
cell sap
the watery fluid within the central vacuole of a plant cell. -
contractile vacuole
a membrane-enveloped cellular organelle, found in many microorganisms, that periodically expands, filling with water, and then contracts, expelling its contents to the cell exterior: thought to be important in maintaining hydrostatic equilibrium. -
endocytosis
The taking in of matter by a living cell by invagination of its membrane to form a vacuole. -
phagosome
a vacuole within a phagocyte that contains bacteria or other ingested particles and that becomes fused with a lysosome.