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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