vacuolar, a.
(ˈvækjuːələ(r))
[ad. F. vacuolaire, f. vacuole vacuole.]
Of or pertaining to, of the nature of, a vacuole or vacuoles.
| 1852 Zoologist X. 3406 He [Huxley] next mentioned appearances which he terms vacuolar thickenings. 1859 J. R. Greene Protozoa 45 In some specimens the central cavity is replaced by an aggregation of large vacuolar spaces. 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. iii. 141 The interior of these frequently contains vacuolar spaces. |
So ˈvacuolary a.
| 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 907 Ehrlich says that changes are to be found in the hepatic cells—a ‘vacuolary’ degeneration. |