— acinar /as"euh neuhr, -nahr'/ , acinic /euh sin"ik/ , adj.
/as"euh neuhs/ , n. , pl. acini /-nuy'/ .
1. Bot. one of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate, baccate fruit, as the blackberry.
2. a berry, as a grape or currant.
3. Anat.
a. a minute rounded lobule.
b. the smallest secreting portion of a gland.
[ 1725-35; ]