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biology )生物 a small space within a cell, usually filled with liquid (细胞内的)液泡,泡 - (
medical )医学 a small hole in the tissue of the body, usually caused by disease (身体组织中由疾病等造成的)空泡
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, diminutive of Latin vacuus ‘empty’.