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What is the noun for acinose?

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acinus
  1. (botany) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
  2. (botany) A grape-stone.
  3. (anatomy) 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.
  4. Examples:
    1. “Nevertheless, the studies carried out make no correlation between follicular components or acinus and gametogenic cycle stages.”
      “Panlobular emphysema, also referred to as panacinar emphysema, affects the acinus of the entire secondary lobule.”
      “Emphysema is classified into three subtypes based on the portion of the acinus that is involved.”
acinitis
  1. (pathology) inflammation of an acinus
acini
  1. plural form of acinus
  2. Examples:
    1. “Small residual ducts and islands of intact salivary gland acini predominantly composed of serous-type glandular epithelium were present.”
      “The remainder of the pancreas showed patchy areas of atrophy admixed with thick bands of fibrous tissue that separated the few remaining acini.”
      “The mass also contained cystic spaces lined by columnar epithelium, sebaceous glands, cartilage, smooth muscle, and pancreatic acini.”
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