Pancreas definition
An example of a pancreas is the organ that produces insulin to regulate glucose in the body.
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Noun
Origin of pancreas
- Greek pankreas pan- pan- kreas flesh kreuə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Existing in English since the sixteenth century: from Latin pancreas, from Ancient Greek πάγκρεας (pankreas), from πᾶν (pan, “all") (equivalent to English pan-) + κρέας (kreas, “flesh").
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