VACUOLIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vacuolization mean? 

• VACUOLIZATION (noun)
  The noun VACUOLIZATION has 1 sense:

1. the state of having become filled with vacuoles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VACUOLIZATION (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 ("vacuolization" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

 Context examples 

The cells involved show cytoplasmic vacuolization that might be related to their ability to store glycogen.

(Koilocytotic Atypia, NCI Thesaurus)