acinus
IPA: ʌsˈinʌs
noun
- (botany) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
- (botany) A grape-stone.
- (anatomy) 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.
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Examples of "acinus" in Sentences
- The distal acinus or alveoli are unchanged.
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