Pancreas Definition

păngkrē-əs, păn-
noun
A large, elongated gland situated behind the stomach and secreting a digestive juice (pancreatic juice) into the small intestine: groups of differentiated cells (islets of Langerhans) in the gland produce the hormone insulin: the pancreas of animals, used as food, is usually called sweetbread.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Pancreas

Noun

Singular:
pancreas
Plural:
pancreases, pancreata

Origin of Pancreas

  • 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").

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek pankreas pan- pan- kreas flesh kreuə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pancreas Sentence Examples

  • The part of the pancreas in digestion also is better understood.

  • This passes to the pancreas and causes increased secretion from that gland.

  • A third enzyme, the trypsin of the pancreas, possesses the power of both pepsin and erepsin.

  • The pancreas has two lobes or branches, a long one passing to the left and reaching the spleen, and a shorter right lobe.

  • Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, is needed to convert glucose into the energy the body requires.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAN

Words Ending With

SASEAS

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Words Starting With P and Ending With S

Starts With P & Ends With SStarts With PA & Ends With SStarts With P & Ends With AS

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