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ACINOUS

\ɐsˈɪnəs], \ɐsˈɪnəs], \ɐ_s_ˈɪ_n_ə_s]\

Definitions of ACINOUS

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland)

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland)

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Resembling a bunch of grapes; noting certain glands (alvealar glands), the excretory ducts of which start from little sacs (acini) arranged in clusters like grapes.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Made up of acini.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

See acinose.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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