a. [ad. F. vacuolaire, f. vacuole VACUOLE.] Of or pertaining to, of the nature of, a vacuole or vacuoles.

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1852.  Zoologist, X. 3406. He [Huxley] next mentioned appearances which he terms vacuolar thickenings.

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1859.  J. R. Greene, Protozoa, 45. In some specimens the central cavity is replaced by an aggregation of large vacuolar spaces.

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1877.  Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., iii. 141. The interior of these frequently contains vacuolar spaces.

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  So Vacuolary a.

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1897.  Allbutt’s Syst. Med., II. 907. Ehrlich says that changes are to be found in the hepatic cells—a ‘vacuolary’ degeneration.

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