acinus
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/ˈæsɪnəs/
Definition of acinus
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
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noun
- One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
- A grape-stone.
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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.
“Their smallest lobules were called acini, a term which has also been used to denote the saccular recesses in the lobules […]”
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Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin acinus (“grape, grape-stone”); the histopathologic sense comes figuratively from the fancied resemblance (on microscopy) of acinic cells (acinar cells) to bunches of drupelets, berries, or grapes.
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