Definition of Acinose

1. Adjective. Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).

Exact synonyms: Acinar, Acinic, Acinous
Partainyms: Acinus, Acinus, Acinus, Acinus
Derivative terms: Acinus, Acinus, Acinus

Definition of Acinose

1. a. Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands.

Definition of Acinose

1. Adjective. Consisting of ''acini'', or minute granular concretions as in '''acinose''' or '''acinous''' glands. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acinose

1. acinus [adj] - See also: acinus

Medical Definition of Acinose

1. Resembling an acinus or grape-shaped structure. Synonym: aciniform, acinose. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acinose

acinesic
acinetae
acinetic
acinetiform
acinetobacter
acinetobacter calcoaceticus
acinetobacter infections
acinetobacters
acing
acini
acinic
acinic cell adenocarcinoma
acinic cell carcinoma
aciniform
acinitis
acinose (current term)
acinote
acinotubular
acinotubular gland
acinous
acinous carcinoma
acinous cell
acinous gland
acinus
acipenser
acipenserine
acipimox
acise
acises
acitretin

Literary usage of Acinose

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1860)
"On drying or hardening and making fine sections of it, acinose bodies of various sizes and forms, composed of cylindrical-epithelium, and imbedded in a ..."

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