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jockstrap(dictionary)

vacuole (iou) and jockstrap (oh)


vacuole (iou)



vacuole noun. M19.
[French from Latin vacuolus, dim. of vacuus empty: see -OLE1.]
Chiefly Biology. A small cavity or vesicle in organic tissue; esp. a membrane-bound space containing fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell.
vacuolar adjective of, pertaining to, or of the Nature of a vacuole or vacuoles M19.
vacuolate adjective = vacuolated L19.
vacuolated adjective rendered vacuolar; modified or altered by vacuolation: M19.
vacuolating adjective (Medicine) that vacuolates;
vacuolating agent,
vacuolating virus, a papovavirus which is capable of causing tumours in animals and animal tissue cultures (also called
SV 40); a virus related to this: M20.
vacuo'lation noun the formation of vacuoles; the state of being vacuolated: M19.
vacuoli'zation noun = vacuolation L19.
vacuolized adjective (rare) = vacuolated E20.

jockstrap (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: jock 'male sex organ' ( JOCK ITCH) + strap]
a piece of men's underwear that supports their sex organs during sport