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Definition of Acinus

1. Noun. One of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry.

2. Noun. One of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland.

Definition of Acinus

1. n. One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.

Definition of Acinus

1. a small, saclike division of a gland [n -NI] : ACINAR, ACINIC, ACINOSE, ACINOUS [adj]

Medical Definition of Acinus

1. Origin: L, grape, grapestone. 1. One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc. A grapestone. 2. One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acinus

aciniform acinitis Acinonyx Acinonyx jubatus Acinos acinose acinose Acinos arvensis acinotubular gland acinous

acinous acinous carcinoma acinous cell acinous gland acinus (current term) acinus (current term) acipenser Acipenser Acipenseridae Acipenser huso

Acipenser transmontanus acitretin aciurgy ack-ack ack-ack gun ackee ackees ackee poisoning ackers acknew

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