See Also: trichocyst(medicine)

VJ (iou) and trichocyst (medicine)


VJ (iou)



VJ abbreviation.
Victory over Japan, in the war of 1939-45; chiefly in VJ Day, the date when Japan ceased fighting (15 August 1945) or formally surrendered (2 September 1945).
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trichocyst (medicine)


trichocyst
<cell biology> Small membrane bounded vesicle lying below the pellicle of many ciliates. Fusion of the trichocyst with the plasma membrane occurs at a predictable site which can therefore be examined for membrane specialisation.