acinus
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ac·i·nus
(ăs'ə-nəs) 
n., pl., -ni (-nī').
One of the small saclike dilations composing a compound gland.
n., pl., -ni (-nī').
One of the small saclike dilations composing a compound gland.
[Latin, berry.]
acinic a·cin'ic (ə-sĭn'ĭk) or ac'i·nous adj.
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(ăs'ə-nəs)
n., pl. -ni (-nī').
n., pl. -ni (-nī').
Any of several minute grape-shaped secretory portions of an acinous gland.
a·cin'ic (ə-sĭn'ĭk) or ac'i·nose' (ăs'ə-nōs') or ac'i·nous (-nəs) adj.
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Pl. acini [L.] any of the smallest lobules of a compound gland.
- liver a. — the smallest functional unit of the liver made up of two wedge-shaped masses of liver parenchyma that are supplied by two neighboring branches of the portal vein and hepatic artery and drained by two central veins and by terminal branches of the bile duct.
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