asinus

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Etymology

Internationalism, learned borrowing from Latin acinus (“grape, grape-stone”); the histopathologic sense comes figuratively from the fancied resemblance (on microscopy) of acinic cells (acinar cells) to bunches of drupelets, berries, or grapes.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aˈsinus/ [aˈsi.nʊs]
• Rhymes: -inus
• Syllabification: a‧si‧nus

Noun

asinus (uncountable)

1. acinus:
   1. (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.

Further reading

• “asinus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.