# contractile vacuole

> specialized vacuole of eukaryotic cells, especially Protozoa, that fills with water from the cytoplasm and then discharges this externally by the opening of contractile vacuole pores. Its function is probably osmoregulatory

**Wikidata**: [Q900261](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q900261)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contractile_vacuole)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/contractile-vacuole


## References

1. Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07
2. Gene Ontology release 2022-07-01
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. Quora
5. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)