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Webster 1913 Edition


Acinus


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.
[L.] In botany, one of the small grains, which compose the fruit of the blackberry, &c.

Definition 2024


acinus

acinus

English

Noun

acinus (plural acini)

  1. (botany) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
  2. (botany) A grape-stone.
  3. (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.
    • Richard Quain, Quain's elements of anatomy
      Their smallest lobules were called acini, a term which has also been used to denote the saccular recesses in the lobules []

Translations


Latin

Etymology

From aciēs (sharp point), due to the presence of a sharp seed inside the grape.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ki.nus/, [ˈa.kɪ.nʊs]

Noun

acinus m (genitive acinī); second declension

  1. a berry, especially the grape.
  2. the seed of a berry.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative acinus acinī
genitive acinī acinōrum
dative acinō acinīs
accusative acinum acinōs
ablative acinō acinīs
vocative acine acinī

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