| vacuole |
a transparent vesicle that is usually large and singular in mature cells but small in some meristematic cells; it is filled with a dilute solution that is isotonic with the cytoplasm bot
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| vaccine |
Any substance, bearing antigens on its surface, that causes activation of an animals' immune system without causing actual disease. The animals' immune system components (eg antibodies) are then prepared to quickly vanquish those particular pathogens when they later enter the body.
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| vacuum aspiration |
procedure in which a suction tube attached to a vacuum pump is inserted through the vagina into the uterus to loosen and remove its contents.
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| vacuum extractor |
An instrument that attaches to the baby's head and helps guide it out of the birth canal during delivery.
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| vacuum |
Space that contains very little matter in a given volume (eg, a region in which air has been removed).
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