Vesicle vs. Vacuole
Vesiclenoun
(cytology) A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
Vesiclenoun
A small bladder-like cell or cavity; a vesicula.
Vesiclenoun
(anatomy) A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
Vesiclenoun
(anatomy) A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
Vesiclenoun
(geology) A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.
Vesiclenoun
A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell.
Vesiclenoun
A small bladderlike body in the substance of a vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf.
Vesiclenoun
A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid.
Vesiclenoun
A cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid; as, the umbilical vesicle.
Vesiclenoun
A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral.
Vesiclenoun
A small cavity, nearly spherical in form, and usually of the size of a pea or smaller, such as are common in some volcanic rocks. They are produced by the liberation of watery vapor in the molten mass.
Vesiclenoun
a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)
Vacuolenoun
(cytology) A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
Vacuolenoun
A small empty or air-filled space or vacuity.
Vacuolenoun
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.
Vacuolenoun
a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
Vacuole
A vacuole () is a membrane-bound organelle which is present in plant and fungal cells and some protist, animal, and bacterial cells. Vacuoles are essentially enclosed compartments which are filled with water containing inorganic and organic molecules including enzymes in solution, though in certain cases they may contain solids which have been engulfed.
