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acinus
[ as-uh-nuhs ]
noun
- Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
- a berry, as a grape or currant.
- Anatomy.
- a minute rounded lobule.
- the smallest secreting portion of a gland.
acinus
/ ˈæsɪnəs; əˈsɪnɪk /
noun
- anatomy any of the terminal saclike portions of a compound gland
- botany any of the small drupes that make up the fruit of the blackberry, raspberry, etc
- obsolete.botany a collection of berries, such as a bunch of grapes
Derived Forms
- acinic, adjective
Other Words From
- ac·i·nar [as, -, uh, -ner, -nahr], a·cin·ic [uh, -, sin, -ik], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of acinus1
Word History and Origins
Origin of acinus1
Example Sentences
Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands.
If of several days' longer duration, purulent softening will be noticed in the centre of the acini; this gradually extends until each acinus is converted into a little sac of pus.
The acini of the large liver of Nautilus are compacted into a solid reddish-brown mass by a firm 690 membrane, as also is the case in the Dibranchiata.
The acini surrounded with a dense, cellular texture, paler than themselves; 2.
Gelatinous or interacinous adenoma, which consists in an enlargement of the acini by an accumulation of colloid material, and an increase in the interacinous tissue by a growth of round cells.
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