See Also: acinus(medicine)
acinus(dictionary)
Rappaport's acinus(medicine)
liver acinus(medicine)
pulmonary acinus(medicine)
Acinus, pulmonary(health)

acinus (iou)



acinus noun. . M18.
[Latin = berry growing in a cluster, kernel.]
Botany. A small berry growing in a cluster or as part of a compound fruit; a seed of such a berry. Now rare or obsolete. M18.
Anatomy. Any of a number of small rounded terminal sacs in a gland, the cells of whose walls secrete into the central cavity; the small portion of lung tissue served by a single terminal bronchiole. M18.
acinar adjective = acinous M20.
a'ciniform adjective resembling a grape or a bunch of grapes M19.
acinous adjective (Anatomy) consisting of or pertaining to acini M19.