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Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands.

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  1. a. Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands.
  2. adj. pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland)
  3. Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands. Kirwan.
  4. a pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland)