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pancratiastic |
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pancratical |
pancratist |
pancratium |
pancreas
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pancreas
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pancreas has 1 sense
- pancreas(n = noun.body) Array - a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin; Array is a kind of duct gland, exocrine, exocrine gland
is a part of digestive system, gastrointestinal system, systema alimentarium, systema digestorium
has parts: pancreatic duct, islands of langerhans, isles of langerhans, islets of langerhans
Derived form adjective pancreatic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
pancreas, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ; pa^s, pa^n, all + kre`as flesh, meat: cf. F. pancréas.].
The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pancreas, n. a gland near the stomach supplying the duodenum with digestive fluid and secreting insulin into the blood.
Derivative
pancreatic adj. pancreatitis n.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk pagkreas (as PAN-, kreas -atos flesh)
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