a. [ad. F. vacuolaire, f. vacuole VACUOLE.] Of or pertaining to, of the nature of, a vacuole or vacuoles.
1852. Zoologist, X. 3406. He [Huxley] next mentioned appearances which he terms vacuolar thickenings.
1859. J. R. Greene, Protozoa, 45. In some specimens the central cavity is replaced by an aggregation of large vacuolar spaces.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., iii. 141. The interior of these frequently contains vacuolar spaces.
So Vacuolary a.
1897. Allbutts Syst. Med., II. 907. Ehrlich says that changes are to be found in the hepatic cellsa vacuolary degeneration.