acinus
noun/ˈæsɪnəs/
Etymology 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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Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences 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 […]1828, Jones Quain, Quain's elements of anatomy:
- Derived terms
- acinal, acinar, acinic, acinitis, pseudoacinus