Meaning of ACINUS
Pronunciation: | | 'asunus
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- [n] one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland
- [n] one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry
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| See Also: | | drupelet, gland, sac, secreter, secretor, secretory organ | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Ac"i*nus\, n.; pl. {Acini}. [L., grape, grapestone.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up
some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry,
etc.
(b) A grapestone.
2. (Anat.) 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.
--Quain.
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