a 1 c 3 i 1 n 1 u 1 s 1
6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry
noun one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland
originUnadapted 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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