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acinus

aci·nus

UK/ˈæsɪnəs/ uncommon

noun

1.

one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry

2.

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

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.

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