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asinus

Pronunciation: /aˈsinus/

“asinus” is an Indonesian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. acinus
  2. 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.

Etymology

Internationalism, learned 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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