acinic

1. 1.

   pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland)

   Synonymsacinaracinousacinose

Questions about acinic

What does acinic mean?

acinic means "pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland)".

How many syllables are in acinic?

acinic has 3 syllables and divides as a-ci-nic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for acinic?

Close synonyms include acinar, acinous, acinose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.