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