vacuomen.

1926 Science 18 June 620/2 Following..the non-committal terminology of the Dangeards, the components demonstrated are as follows: (1) Spindle fibers and cytoplasmic network... (2) Plastidome... (3) Spherome... (4) Vacuome.

1936 Nature 20 May 914/2 The vacuome and chondriome systems can be distinguished by their behaviour to vital stains.

1947 Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 1 9 In the dinoflagellate, Polykrikos schwartzi,..mitochondria, Golgi material, vacuome, fat globules and glycogen have been described.

1959 W. Andrew Textbk. Compar. Histol. v. 146 As it [sc. the food particle] approaches the vacuome (Golgi substance), particles from this structure are attracted to its surface.

1960 L. Picken Organization of Cells vi. 235 According to a theory elaborated by Parat and Painlevé..all cells contain two systems, unrelated though of profound importance in cell economy: the chondriome—a lipoidal ‘phase’ manifested as isolated mitochondrial networks; and the vacuome—a dispersed phase of aqueous droplets staining with neutral red, to be equated with the Golgi apparatus.

1976 R. Rieger et al. Gloss. Genetics & Cytogenetics (ed. 4) 564 Vacuome, originally, a system comprising a variety of inclusions of plant cells, from the highly hydrated tonoplast to the dense aleuron granules, all with the common ability to stain vitally with neutral red. Today, all the membrane-bounded spaces of the cell with the exception of the mitochondria and the plastids which make up the chondriome..and the plastome respectively.

1981 Jrnl. Ultrastruct. Res. 76 317 Multivesicular bodies seen in section of the unicellular green alga Scenedesmus obtusiusculus are profiles of a continuous cisternum, the vacuome.