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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
acinus /ˈasɪnəs/

▶noun (pl. acini /-nʌɪ/) Anatomy

1 a small sac-like cavity in a gland, surrounded by secretory cells.

2 a region of the lung supplied with air from one of the terminal bronchioles.

– origin C18: L., lit. ‘a kernel’.

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