acinose

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsacinaracinousacinic

Questions about acinose

What does acinose mean?

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

How many syllables are in acinose?

acinose has 3 syllables and divides as a-ci-nose 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 acinose?

Close synonyms include acinar, acinous, acinic. 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.