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Dictionary of Allergies .. Acinus

The basic respiratory unit of the lung. A single terminal bronchiolus with its succeeding branches of respiratory bronchioles (generally three orders), two to nine orders of alveolar ducts, and their alveolar sacs together form the acinus, which is about 1cm across.

Γκέλης Ν.Δ. - Λεξικό Αλλεργίας - Εκδόσεις ΒΕΛΛΕΡOΦΟΝΤΗΣ - Κόρινθος 2013

Gelis Ν.D. - Dictionary of Allergies - VELLEROFONTIS Publications - Corinth 2013