VACUOLATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vacuolated mean? 

• VACUOLATED (adjective)
  The adjective VACUOLATED has 1 sense:

1. formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell

  Familiarity information: VACUOLATED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VACUOLATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

vacuolate; vacuolated

Pertainym:

vacuole (a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell)

 Context examples 

A rare, usually benign soft tissue neoplasm characterized by the presence of epithelioid, often vacuolated neoplastic cells.

(Parachordoma, NCI Thesaurus)

These cells have either slightly eosinophilic or vacuolated cytoplasm, and round nuclei.

(Parathyroid Gland Chief Cell Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Some of the cells are large (physaliphorous) and have vacuolated cytoplasm and prominent vesicular nuclei.

(Chordoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic finding referring to the presence of a vacuolated area that surrounds the nucleus.

(Perinuclear Halo Present, NCI Thesaurus)

The cytoplasm of the neoplastic cells is usually not entirely clear, and is often variably vacuolated, foamy, and granular.

(Parathyroid Gland Water-Clear Cell Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic finding indicating the presence of less than or equal to twenty five percent of clear or vacuolated cells that resemble the normal zona fasciculata in adrenocortical tumors.

(Cytoplasm Presence of Less than or Equal to Twenty Five Percent, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of large melanocytes with clear, foamy or finely vacuolated cytoplasm.

(Balloon Cell Nevus, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of nodules which contain large melanoma cells with clear, foamy or finely vacuolated cytoplasm.

(Balloon Cell Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)