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ac⋅i⋅nus

  [as-uh-nuhs]
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–noun, plural -ni  [-nahy] .
1. Botany. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
2. a berry, as a grape or currant.
3. Anatomy.
a. a minute rounded lobule.
b. the smallest secreting portion of a gland.
Origin:
1725–35; < L: grape, berry, seed of a berry

Related forms:
ac⋅i⋅nar  [as-uh-ner, -nahr] , a⋅cin⋅ic  [uh-sin-ik] , adjective
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ac·i·nus   (ās'ə-nəs)   
n.   pl. ac·i·ni (-nī')
One of the small saclike dilations composing a compound gland.

[Latin, berry.]
a·cin'ic (ə-sĭn'ĭk), ac'i·nous adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry: aci·nus
Pronunciation: 'as-&-n&s, &-'sI-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural aci·ni /-"nI/
: any of the small sacs or alveoli that terminate the ducts of some exocrine glands and are lined with secretory cells
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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acinus ac·i·nus (ās'ə-nəs)
n. pl. ac·i·ni (-nī')
Any of several minute grape-shaped secretory portions of an acinous gland.

a·cin'ic (ə-sĭn'ĭk) or ac'i·nose' (ās'ə-nōs') or ac'i·nous (-nəs) adj.

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