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a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
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Vacuoles are large membrane-bound compartments within some eukaryotic cells where they serve a variety of different functions: capturing food materials or unwanted structural debris surrounding the cell, sequestering materials that might be toxic to the cell, maintaining fluid balance (called turgor) within the cell, exporting unwanted substances from the cell, or even determining relative cell size. ...
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(L. diminutive of vacuus, empty) A cavity in a plant cell, bounded by a membrane; in which various plant products and by-products are stored.
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A cytosolic membrane-bounded structure containing liquids.
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A cavity in the cytoplasm containing air, liquids, food, waste products etc., a vacuole is not rigid.
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