acinus
Americannoun
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acini
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Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
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a berry, as a grape or currant.
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Anatomy.
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a minute rounded lobule.
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the smallest secreting portion of a gland.
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noun
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anatomy any of the terminal saclike portions of a compound gland
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botany any of the small drupes that make up the fruit of the blackberry, raspberry, etc
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obsolete botany a collection of berries, such as a bunch of grapes
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Origin of acinus
1725–35; < Latin: grape, berry, seed of a berry
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By analogy, acinus is applied in anatomy to similar granules or glands, or lobules of a gland.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
If of several days' longer duration, purulent softening will be noticed in the centre of the acini; this gradually extends until each acinus is converted into a little sac of pus.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Scattered through the sea of exocrine acini are small islands of endocrine cells, the islets of Langerhans.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The presence of proteins and fats in the duodenum stimulates the secretion of CCK, which then stimulates the acini to secrete enzyme-rich pancreatic juice and enhances the activity of secretin.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The acini surrounded with a dense, cellular texture, paler than themselves; 2.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
If of several days' longer duration, purulent softening will be noticed in the centre of the acini; this gradually extends until each acinus is converted into a little sac of pus.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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