acinar

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[ˈasɪnə], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to the acinus, a small saclike cavity in a gland
(e.g: pancreatic acinar tissue)

- relating to or denoting a region of the lung supplied with air from one of the terminal bronchioles
(e.g: the acinar lung zone)


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