Meanings
verbvacuolize (third-person singular simple present vacuolizes, present participle vacuolizing, simple past and past participle vacuolized)
present singular third person vacuolizes · participle present vacuolizing · participle past vacuolized · past vacuolized
- To form vacuoles.
Compared with control animals, in rabbits treated with acetylsalicylic acid for 14 days small discontinuities were observed in glycocalix, and epithelium was disorganized and slightly vacuolized.
2015 August 29, Ana M. Sahagún et al., “Study of the protective effect on intestinal mucosa of the hydrosoluble fiber Plantago ovata husk”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI
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vacuolize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vacuolize
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