acinous (asinus)

Same as acinose. acinus (as'i-nus), n.; pl. acini (-ni). [L., berry, esp. a grape, also a grape-stone, rape-stone, kernel.] 1. In bot.: (a) One of the small drupelets or berries of an aggregate baccate fruit, as the blackberry, etc., or the contained stone or seed. See cut under Rubus. (b) A grape-stone.2. In an at.: (a) Formerly, rly, the smallest lobule of a gland. (b) Now, generally, the smallest saccular subdivision of an acinose gland, several of which subdivisions make up a lobule. Also called alveolus. (c) A lobule of the liver. -acious. [L. -aci- (nom. -ax, acc. -acem, > It. -ace, Sp. Pg. Pg. - az Pg. -az, F. -ace ), a suffix added to verbstems to form adjectives expre ing intensity of physical or mental action, as aud - ax, daring, cap - ax, holding much, full - ax, deceitful, loqu ax, talking much, pugn - ax, inclined to fight, etc., + E. -ous. Cf. -acy, 3.] A compound adjective termination of Latin origin, forming, from Latin verb-stems, adjectives expre ing intensity of physical or mental action, as in au dacious, daring, very bold, capacious, holding much, much, fallacious, deceitful, loquacious, talking much, pugnacious, much, pugnacious, inclined to fight, mendacious, ready at lying, vivacious, eating much, etc. Such adjectives are accompanied by nouns in -aci - ty, and the nouns rarely by verbs in -aci - t - ate: as, capacious, capacity, capacitate, ete. cio us, very very liv lively, voracious,