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Webster 1913 Edition
Acinus
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Ac′i-nus
(ăs′ĭ-nŭs)
, Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Acinus
AC'INUS
,Noun.