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VACUOLATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vacuolation mean? 

VACUOLATION (noun)
  The noun VACUOLATION has 1 sense:

1. the state of having become filled with vacuolesplay

  Familiarity information: VACUOLATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VACUOLATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of having become filled with vacuoles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

vacuolation; vacuolisation; vacuolization

Hypernyms ("vacuolation" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)


 Context examples 


Spongy degeneration of central nervous system , spongy degeneration of white matter a rare hereditary form of leukodystrophy of early onset in which widespread demyelination and vacuolation of cerebral white matter gives it a spongy appearance; there is mental retardation, megalocephaly, atony of neck muscles, limb spasticity, and blindness, with death in infancy.

(Canavan Disease, NICHD)



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