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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 contractile vacuole 名詞
 收縮泡,伸縮泡

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Vac·u·ole n.  Biol. A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell protoplasm.
 Contractile vacuole. Zool. See under Contractile, and see Illusts. of Infusoria, and Lobosa.
 Food vacuole. Zool. See under Food, and see Illust. of Infusoria.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Con·tract·ile a.  tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues.
    The heart's contractile force.   --H. Brooke.
    Each cilium seems to be composed of contractile substance.   --Hixley.
 Contractile vacuole Zool., a pulsating cavity in the interior of a protozoan, supposed to be excretory in function. There may be one, two, or more.
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