vacuolize

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Verb

vacuolize (third-person singular simple present vacuolizes, present participle vacuolizing, simple past and past participle vacuolized)

To form vacuoles.
- 2015 August 29, Ana M. Sahagún et al., “Study of the protective effect on intestinal mucosa of the hydrosoluble fiber Plantago ovata husk”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine‎^[1], volume 15, →DOI:
  Compared with control animals, in rabbits treated with acetylsalicylic acid for 14 days small discontinuities were observed in glycocalix, and epithelium was disorganized and slightly vacuolized.