acinus

n. 小核果, 浆果, 葡萄核, 腺泡 [医] 腺泡

发音

/ˈæsɪnəs/

词形变化

acini 复数 acini

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.

    生物 植物学
  2. 2.

    A grape-stone.

    生物 植物学
  3. 3.

    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.

    医学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

sac drupelet

整体词 3

gland secreter secretor

词源

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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