acinicadj.
/əˈsɪnɪk/, U.S. /əˈsɪnɪk/ Anatomy and Pathology.
Of or relating to an acinus or acini, esp. of a gland (cf. acinus n. 2).
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pituita1598
pituitary1615
lymphatic1649
conglomerated1656
conglobate1666
conglomerate1666
conglobated1676
lymphic1681
conglobulate1709
sudoriferous1713
sudorific1721
sebaceous1728
trajectory1747
cryptal1754
cryptous1804
muciparous1825
racemose1834
racemiform1837
ganglionary1842
muciferous1842
sudoriparous1851
sebiparous1853
racemous1854
sebiferous1858
perilymphangial1873
lymphadenoid1877
perilymphatic1877
mucigenous1881
pituital1890
tubuloracemosec1900
acinic1903
holocrine1905
merocrine1905
exocrine1911
endocrine1914
endocrinic1914
endocrinous1914
endocrinal1923
apocrine1926
eccrine1931
psychoendocrine1946
acinar1949
nodal1954
mucigenic1965
1885 Detroit Lancet 9 137/1 Intra-lobular and inter-acinic infiltration, abscess formation, as well as the development of a chronic state, are only a further development.]
1903 W. A. N. Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 3) 24/1 Acinic, pertaining to an acinus or acini.
1919 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 157 665 The textoblasts remain spheroidal or oval and do not remain in their normal acinic arrangement although they may still retain their acinic habitat.
1932 Lancet 5 Nov. 993/2 Masses of rapidly proliferating thyroid parenchyma entirely obliterated the normal acinic structure.
1953 Cancer 6 1119/2 Franssen derived his tumor from acinic cells of the parotid.
1992 ENT News May 22/2 Acinic cell carcinoma is an unusual form of salivary gland malignancy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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