vacuole
(vak′yŭ-ōl″ )
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A membrane-bound cell organelle, which may contain water, secretions, enzymes, or the remains of ingested material.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Vacuole." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749751/all/autophagic_vacuole. 
Vacuole. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749751/all/autophagic_vacuole. Accessed November 4, 2025.
Vacuole. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749751/all/autophagic_vacuole
Vacuole [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 November 04]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749751/all/autophagic_vacuole.
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