acinusn.

Brit.

/ˈasᵻnəs/, U.S.

/ˈæsənəs/

Inflections: Plural acini.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin acinus.

Etymology: < classical Latin acinus grape or other berry, pip or seed, of unknown origin, perhaps a loanword from a Mediterranean language. In sense 2a after post-classical Latin acinus (more fully glandulosus acinus; M. Malpighi De hepate ii. 15, in De viscerum structura exercitatio anatomica (1666)).

†1. Botany.

a. The stone or seed of certain berries, esp. grapes. Cf. acine n. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [noun]

corna700

kernelc1000

seedOE

grain1377

pippina1382

acinusa1398

acine1597

seedling1675

vegetable egg1675

seedlet1754

pip1773

oilseed1887

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 257 The pepyns of grapes hatte acini.

1688 Philos. Trans. 1686–7 (Royal Soc.) 16 462 Containing in a moist, green, aromatick and biting Pulp two large Acini or Seeds.

1718 P. Blair Misc. Observ. 109 A spherical yellowish Berry, so full of Acini or Stones, that it's not eatable.

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Acini, (with physicians) the seed that is within a fruit, and thence they in their prescriptions frequently use uva exacinata, i.e. the Acini or seeds being taken out.

1880 A. Gray Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) 394 Acinus... Now sometimes applied to the separate carpels of an aggregate baccate fruit, or to the contained stone or seed.

b. Each of the small fleshy berries or drupes which make up an aggregate fruit such as blackberry, raspberry, etc.; (also) the aggregate fruit itself. Cf. acine n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun] > compound or aggregate fruit > part of collective fruit

clove1634

grain1674

acinus1707

drupel1835

drupeole1866

drupelet1880

fruitlet1882

fructule1885

monocarp1952

1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. xv. 243 Several, round, pretty, large, black Acini, clustered very close together, making one Berry. In each of the Acini lies one black Seed.

1763 J. Wheeler Botanist's & Gardener's New Dict. 392/1 The fruit is a compound berry, the acini it is composed of are roundish, and are ranged into a cluster.

1826 J. M. Good Bk. Nature I. viii. 184 The acinus or conglomerate berry, as in the rasp.

1880 A. Gray Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) 394 Acinus... Now sometimes applied to the separate carpels of an aggregate baccate fruit, or to the contained stone or seed.

c. A berry which grows in clusters, as grape, elderberry, etc.; (also) a cluster of such berries. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun] > berry > part of

acine1693

acinus1728

1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Acinus, Mr. Ray tells us, is a Grape, and not the Grape-stone, as some believe.

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Acini..small grains growing in bunches..of which the fruit of the Elder-tree, Privet, and other plants of the like kind are composed.

2. Anatomy.

a. Originally: a small rounded portion of liver tissue; a lobule of the liver. In later use: spec. a structural and functional unit of the liver consisting of an area of parenchyma surrounding the terminal branches of the portal vein, hepatic artery, and bile duct from one portal area.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > liver > lobe of

lapc1000

liver lapOE

fibre1398

mantle?c1425

boss?1541

lobe?1541

lop1601

fillet1607

lappet1609

fin1615

lobbet1662

acinus1701

spigelian lobe1811

Riedel's lobe1897

1701 Philos. Trans. 1700–1 (Royal Soc.) 22 916 It [sc. bile] does not appear to our sences till the Acini or Glands of the Liver are obstructed.

1797 R. Hooper Anatomist's Vade-mecum 123 Ducti hepatici, arise from the acini of the liver, form a common canal, which unites with the cystic duct.

1833 Medico-chirurg. Trans. 18 30 The liver contained a good deal of blood, which was distributed irregularly between the acini, so as to give a mottled or nutmeg appearance.

1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) xiii. 297 There are, scattered through the substance of the liver, numerous little granules, called acini, from their resemblance to the small stones of certain berries.

1928 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 4 212/2 The associated chronic cholangeitis ascends to the finest bile ducts and hepatic acini.

1956 A. M. Rappaport in L. Schiff Dis. Liver i. 13/2 The architectural framework of the liver acini is represented by the afferent vascular trees, followed closely in their branchings by the bile ducts and ductules.

2000 J. C. Barton & L. F. Bertoli in J. C. Barton & C. Q. Edwards Hemochromatosis xix. 205/1 It is probable that a gradient is produced, such that central areas of hepatic acini are exposed to lower concentrations of iron than periportal areas.

b. A small, sac-like structure lined with secretory cells and opening into a ductule or duct of an exocrine gland.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > [noun] > parts of gland

acinus1702

alveolus1872

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > types of gland > [noun]

miliary gland1691

mucilaginous gland1691

mucous gland1699

acinus1702

crypta1726

glandule1751

crypt1804

globate gland1813

ganglion1819

submaxillary1824

lacrimal1829

germ gland1840

sweat-gland1845

ductless glands1849

lymph node1892

metasternal1965

1702 R. Eliot Anat. Ess. i. 4 Those cribrous glands may also containe certain Acini or such like substances, but those Acini or small Bodies are alwayes perforate.

1757 C. N. Jenty Course Anatomico-physiol. Lect. II. p. xii The Acini or Kernels of these conglomerate Glands are each of them circumscribed and limited by a harder Stratum of the cellular Substance.

1800 A. Fyfe Compend. Anat. Human Body for Use Students II. iv. 137 It [sc. the Pancreas] is composed of Acini, which form small Glands or Lobes.

1837 Brit. & Foreign Med. Rev. 4 225 When the breast has attained a more considerable size, it is superficially softer, and the hard enlarged acini cannot be felt without making deeper pressure.

1897 H. Wing Milk & its Products i. 6 The milk ducts..finally end in a group of small sac-like bodies known as acini, or ultimate follicles.

1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) iv. 105 The secretory areas may take the shape of tubules or of rounded pockets (alveoli or acini).

2005 M. Pavelka & J. Roth Functional Ultrastructure 176/2 Situated closely side by side, the acini comprise the major portion of the pancreatic parenchyma.

c. More fully pulmonary acinus. A structural and functional unit of the lung consisting of a terminal branch of a bronchiole with its associated alveolar ducts and alveoli.

ΚΠ

1879 Lancet 29 Nov. 813/2 The ampullæ, by their union, form an acinus, and the acini, by their union, constitute the lobule, a small polyhedral mass of about one centimetre in diameter.

1947 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 47 741/2 Once the tuberculous process is established, it may spread..direct from acinus to acinus.

2002 T. D. Tetley in W. Caan & J. de Belleroche Drink, Drugs & Dependence viii. 97 Anatomically, the area affected [by emphysema] is the respiratory acinus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acinus
释义	acinusn. Brit. /ˈasᵻnəs/, U.S. /ˈæsənəs/ Inflections: Plural acini. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin acinus. Etymology: < classical Latin acinus grape or other berry, pip or seed, of unknown origin, perhaps a loanword from a Mediterranean language. In sense 2a after post-classical Latin acinus (more fully glandulosus acinus; M. Malpighi De hepate ii. 15, in De viscerum structura exercitatio anatomica (1666)). †1. Botany. a. The stone or seed of certain berries, esp. grapes. Cf. acine n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [noun] corna700 kernelc1000 seedOE grain1377 pippina1382 acinusa1398 acine1597 seedling1675 vegetable egg1675 seedlet1754 pip1773 oilseed1887 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 257 The pepyns of grapes hatte acini. 1688 Philos. Trans. 1686–7 (Royal Soc.) 16 462 Containing in a moist, green, aromatick and biting Pulp two large Acini or Seeds. 1718 P. Blair Misc. Observ. 109 A spherical yellowish Berry, so full of Acini or Stones, that it's not eatable. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Acini, (with physicians) the seed that is within a fruit, and thence they in their prescriptions frequently use uva exacinata, i.e. the Acini or seeds being taken out. 1880 A. Gray Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) 394 Acinus... Now sometimes applied to the separate carpels of an aggregate baccate fruit, or to the contained stone or seed. b. Each of the small fleshy berries or drupes which make up an aggregate fruit such as blackberry, raspberry, etc.; (also) the aggregate fruit itself. Cf. acine n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun] > compound or aggregate fruit > part of collective fruit clove1634 grain1674 acinus1707 drupel1835 drupeole1866 drupelet1880 fruitlet1882 fructule1885 monocarp1952 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. xv. 243 Several, round, pretty, large, black Acini, clustered very close together, making one Berry. In each of the Acini lies one black Seed. 1763 J. Wheeler Botanist's & Gardener's New Dict. 392/1 The fruit is a compound berry, the acini it is composed of are roundish, and are ranged into a cluster. 1826 J. M. Good Bk. Nature I. viii. 184 The acinus or conglomerate berry, as in the rasp. 1880 A. Gray Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) 394 Acinus... Now sometimes applied to the separate carpels of an aggregate baccate fruit, or to the contained stone or seed. c. A berry which grows in clusters, as grape, elderberry, etc.; (also) a cluster of such berries. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun] > berry > part of acine1693 acinus1728 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum Acinus, Mr. Ray tells us, is a Grape, and not the Grape-stone, as some believe. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Acini..small grains growing in bunches..of which the fruit of the Elder-tree, Privet, and other plants of the like kind are composed. 2. Anatomy. a. Originally: a small rounded portion of liver tissue; a lobule of the liver. In later use: spec. a structural and functional unit of the liver consisting of an area of parenchyma surrounding the terminal branches of the portal vein, hepatic artery, and bile duct from one portal area. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > liver > lobe of lapc1000 liver lapOE fibre1398 mantle?c1425 boss?1541 lobe?1541 lop1601 fillet1607 lappet1609 fin1615 lobbet1662 acinus1701 spigelian lobe1811 Riedel's lobe1897 1701 Philos. Trans. 1700–1 (Royal Soc.) 22 916 It [sc. bile] does not appear to our sences till the Acini or Glands of the Liver are obstructed. 1797 R. Hooper Anatomist's Vade-mecum 123 Ducti hepatici, arise from the acini of the liver, form a common canal, which unites with the cystic duct. 1833 Medico-chirurg. Trans. 18 30 The liver contained a good deal of blood, which was distributed irregularly between the acini, so as to give a mottled or nutmeg appearance. 1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) xiii. 297 There are, scattered through the substance of the liver, numerous little granules, called acini, from their resemblance to the small stones of certain berries. 1928 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 4 212/2 The associated chronic cholangeitis ascends to the finest bile ducts and hepatic acini. 1956 A. M. Rappaport in L. Schiff Dis. Liver i. 13/2 The architectural framework of the liver acini is represented by the afferent vascular trees, followed closely in their branchings by the bile ducts and ductules. 2000 J. C. Barton & L. F. Bertoli in J. C. Barton & C. Q. Edwards Hemochromatosis xix. 205/1 It is probable that a gradient is produced, such that central areas of hepatic acini are exposed to lower concentrations of iron than periportal areas. b. A small, sac-like structure lined with secretory cells and opening into a ductule or duct of an exocrine gland. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > [noun] > parts of gland acinus1702 alveolus1872 the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > types of gland > [noun] miliary gland1691 mucilaginous gland1691 mucous gland1699 acinus1702 crypta1726 glandule1751 crypt1804 globate gland1813 ganglion1819 submaxillary1824 lacrimal1829 germ gland1840 sweat-gland1845 ductless glands1849 lymph node1892 metasternal1965 1702 R. Eliot Anat. Ess. i. 4 Those cribrous glands may also containe certain Acini or such like substances, but those Acini or small Bodies are alwayes perforate. 1757 C. N. Jenty Course Anatomico-physiol. Lect. II. p. xii The Acini or Kernels of these conglomerate Glands are each of them circumscribed and limited by a harder Stratum of the cellular Substance. 1800 A. Fyfe Compend. Anat. Human Body for Use Students II. iv. 137 It [sc. the Pancreas] is composed of Acini, which form small Glands or Lobes. 1837 Brit. & Foreign Med. Rev. 4 225 When the breast has attained a more considerable size, it is superficially softer, and the hard enlarged acini cannot be felt without making deeper pressure. 1897 H. Wing Milk & its Products i. 6 The milk ducts..finally end in a group of small sac-like bodies known as acini, or ultimate follicles. 1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) iv. 105 The secretory areas may take the shape of tubules or of rounded pockets (alveoli or acini). 2005 M. Pavelka & J. Roth Functional Ultrastructure 176/2 Situated closely side by side, the acini comprise the major portion of the pancreatic parenchyma. c. More fully pulmonary acinus. A structural and functional unit of the lung consisting of a terminal branch of a bronchiole with its associated alveolar ducts and alveoli. ΚΠ 1879 Lancet 29 Nov. 813/2 The ampullæ, by their union, form an acinus, and the acini, by their union, constitute the lobule, a small polyhedral mass of about one centimetre in diameter. 1947 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 47 741/2 Once the tuberculous process is established, it may spread..direct from acinus to acinus. 2002 T. D. Tetley in W. Caan & J. de Belleroche Drink, Drugs & Dependence viii. 97 Anatomically, the area affected [by emphysema] is the respiratory acinus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1398
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