acinus

/ˈæsɪnəs/
noun 3

Definitions

noun

1

One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.

2

A grape-stone.

3

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.

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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