What is another word for vacuolation?
Pronunciation: [vˌakjuːəlˈe͡ɪʃən] (IPA) 
Vacuolation is a medical term that refers to the formation of vacuole-like spaces within the cytoplasm of a cell. There are few different terminologies that can be used instead of "vacuolation" such as foam cells, vacuolar degeneration, and vacuolization. Foam cell can arise due to the accumulation of lipids or existing within an inflammatory milieu, where leukocytes engulf and transform into foam-like cells. Vacuolar dystrophy and vacuolization are the expanded terminologies of vacuolation, where dystrophy signifies structural degeneration of the cells, and vacuolization means the presence of vacuoles within the cells. All these terms refer to a similar process where the cell's cytoplasm changes by the accumulation of fluid, proteins, lipids, or other substances within vacuoles.
