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acinus

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈæsɪnəs/Part of speech nounSorted acinsuStarts with AEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland

Word origin

Unadapted borrowing from Latin acinus (“grape, grape-stone”); the histopathologic sense comes figuratively from the fancied resemblance (on microscopy) of acinic cells (acinar cells) to bunches of drupelets, berries, or grapes.

Used in a sentence

  • Their smallest lobules were called acini, a term which has also been used to denote the saccular recesses in the lobules […]

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