acinus

English

Etymology

From Latin acinus (“grape, grape-stone”).

Noun

acinus (plural acini)

Wikipedia

1. (botany) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
2. (botany) A grape-stone.
3. (anatomy) 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. - Richard Quain.

Translations

one of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland (anatomy)

• Czech: lalůček (cs) m
• Japanese: 腺房 (ja) (せんぼう, senbō)

• Lithuanian: kėkė (lt) f, acinusas (lt) m
• Russian: ацинус (ru) (acínus) m, гроздь (ru) (grozdʹ) f

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Latin

Noun

acinus (genitive acinī); m, second declension

1. a berry, especially the grape.
2. the seed of a berry.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	acinus	acinī
genitive	acinī	acinōrum
dative	acinō	acinīs
accusative	acinum	acinōs
ablative	acinō	acinīs
vocative	acine	acinī

Derived terms

• dūracinus

Descendants

• English: acinus
• Italian: acino
• Portuguese: ácino