any of the terminal saclike portions of a compound gland
2. botany
any of the small drupes that make up the fruit of the blackberry, raspberry, etc
3. botany obsolete
a collection of berries, such as a bunch of grapes
Derived forms
acinic (əˈsɪnɪk), acinous (ˈacinous) or acinose (ˈacinose)
adjective
Word origin
C18: New Latin, from Latin: grape, berry
Examples of 'acini' in a sentence
acini
Histological results revealed presence of pure mucous acini in the submandibular salivary gland.
Ahmed Mahmoud Halawa, Dahlia Ghazy Mohamed, Raneem Farouk Mohamed Adeeb Obeid 2016, 'Capsaicin induced histological and ultrastructural changes in the submandibular salivarygland of albino rats', Future Dental Journalhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2314718016300015. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The meibomian glands were parallel to each other, and the saccular acini were clearly visible.
Ho Sik Hwang, Jun Geun Shin, Byeong Ha Lee, Tae Joong Eom, Choun-Ki Joo 2013, 'In Vivo 3D Meibography of the Human Eyelid Using Real Time Imaging Fourier-DomainOCT', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0067143. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Histopathology showed destruction of acini glandular architecture with the absence of milk.
Stéphane G Paquette, David Banner, Stephen S H Huang, Raquel Almansa, Alberto Leon,Luoling Xu, Jessica Bartoszko, David J Kelvin, Alyson A Kelvin 2015, 'Influenza Transmission in the Mother-Infant Dyad Leads to Severe Disease, MammaryGland Infection, and Pathogenesis by Regulating Host Responses.', PLoS Pathogenshttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4598190?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Furthermore, in vitro studies with pancreatic acini were performed.
Sarah Müller, Hannah Kaiser, Burkhard Krüger, Brit Fitzner, Falko Lange, Cristin NBock, Horst Nizze, Saleh M Ibrahim, Georg Fuellen, Olaf Wolkenhauer, Robert Jaster 2014, 'Age-dependent effects of UCP2 deficiency on experimental acute pancreatitis in mice.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3983280?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Increased expression in the basal membrane of acini during development of glands was noted.
Dožić Ivan, Čolić Miodrag J. 2003, 'Immunohistological characteristics of collagen, laminin and sialoadhesin in the ratsubmandibular salivary gland during ontogenesis', Stomatološki glasnik Srbijehttp://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0039-1743/2003/0039-17430304179D.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The salivary glands consist of one agranular and three granular acini types.
Nicolau Maués Serra-Freire, José Antonio Olivieri 1993, 'Structure of the salivary glands of the unfed male tick Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius)(Acarina: Ixodidae)', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761993000200006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Reticulin argyrophilic backbone surrounding the pancreatic acini and small ducts decompose.
I. Kovalska, O. Dronov, S. Zemskov, E. Deneka, M. Zemskova 2012, 'Patterns of Pathomorphological Changes in Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis', International Journal of Inflammationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/508915. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Some of the acini showed signs of the spermotocytes and the spermatogonia degeneration.
Ana Valêsca Pinto de Lima, Tereza Cristina Vasconcelos Gesteira 2008, 'Morphology of the male gonads of the spiny lobster Panulirus laevicauda (Latreille,1817)', Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000400008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The acini were mostly pale but occasionally darker.
D. Kluchova, A. Bolekova, C. Heichel, A. J. Bron, I. Kozak 2010, 'NADPH-diaphorase expression in the Meibomian glands of rat palpebra in postnatal development',European Journal of Histochemistryhttp://www.ejh.it/index.php/ejh/article/view/1773. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)