"caveola" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: caveolae [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊlə Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin caveola, constructed from cavea (“hollow, cavity; cage”) + -ola (diminutive suffix). Doublet of jail, which is from Late Latin caveola, an earlier, natural formation of the same term. More at cave, cavum, cava and cage. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱewh₁-}}, {{lbor|en|la-new|caveola}} Learned borrowing from New Latin caveola, {{suf|la|cavea|-olus|alt2=-ola|nocat=1|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=hollow, cavity; cage}} cavea (“hollow, cavity; cage”) + -ola (diminutive suffix), {{doublet|en|jail}} Doublet of jail, {{der|en|LL.|caveola}} Late Latin caveola Head templates: {{en-noun|caveolae}} caveola (plural caveolae)
  1. A small (50–100 nanometer) invagination of the plasma membrane in many vertebrate cell types. Wikipedia link: caveola Derived forms: cavin Related terms: caveogenesis, caveolar, caveolin Translations (small invagination of the plasma membrane): kaveoli (Finnish), caveola [feminine] (Spanish)

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