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Vacuole
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...)

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