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Acinus

Acinus Meaning & Definition
Acinus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Acinus?

[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

Acinus In Webster's Dictionary

\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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