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Webster 1913 Edition


Aciniform

A-cin′i-form

,
Adj.
[L.
acinus
a grape, grapestone +
-form
: cf. F.
acinoforme
.]
1.
Having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes.
2.
Full of small kernels like a grape.

Webster 1828 Edition


Aciniform

AC'INIFORM

,
Adj.
[L. acinus, a grape stone, and forma, shape.]
Having the form of grapes; being in clusters like grapes. The uvea or posterior lamen of the iris in the eye, is called the aciniform tunic. Anatomists apply the term to many glands of a similar formation.

Definition 2024


aciniform

aciniform

English

Adjective

aciniform (comparative more aciniform, superlative most aciniform)

  1. Having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes.
  2. Full of small kernels like a grape.

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