ACINAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acinar mean? 

• ACINAR (adjective)
  The adjective ACINAR has 2 senses:

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

2. pertaining to the individual parts making up an aggregate fruit like a blackberry

  Familiarity information: ACINAR used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACINAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

acinar; acinic; acinose; acinous

Pertainym:

acinus (one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland)

Derivation:

acinus (one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pertaining to the individual parts making up an aggregate fruit like a blackberry

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

acinus (one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry)

Derivation:

acinus (one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry)

 Context examples 

A carcinoma that arises from the pancreas showing a mixture of acinar and neuroendocrine malignant cells.

(Mixed Acinar-Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Pancreas, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant pancreatic neoplasm characterized by the presence of a mixture of acinar and islet cell elements.

(Mixed Acinar-Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Pancreas, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A very rare carcinoma that arises from the pancreas showing a mixture of acinar, neuroendocrine, and ductal carcinoma elements.

(Mixed Acinar-Neuroendocrine-Ductal Carcinoma of the Pancreas, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that arises from the pancreas showing either extensive mucin accumulation and acinar neoplastic cells or a mixture of columnar or signet-ring cells and acinar neoplastic cells.

(Mixed Acinar-Ductal Carcinoma of the Pancreas, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenocarcinoma with serous acinar cell differentiation that arises from the minor salivary glands.

(Minor Salivary Gland Acinic Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It has been described in gliomas, meningiomas, neuroblastomas, hepatocellular carcinomas, breast carcinomas, acinar prostate adenocarcinomas, pancreatic carcinomas, and adrenal gland adenomas.

(Loss of Chromosome 1p, NCI Thesaurus)

The most frequently seen morphologic variant of lung adenocarcinoma characterized by a mixture of architectural patterns, including acinar, papillary, bronchioloalveolar, and solid pattern.

(Lung Adenocarcinoma, Mixed Subtype, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenocarcinoma with serous acinar cell differentiation that arises from the major salivary glands.

(Major Salivary Gland Acinic Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The endocrine portion is comprised of the ISLETS OF LANGERHANS, while the exocrine portion is a compound acinar gland that secretes digestive enzymes.

(Murine Pancreas, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Their morphology varies from typical acinar pattern formation to more palisade-like structures to poorly differentiated neoplasms consisting of small hyperchromatic cells with minimal cytoplasm.

(Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)