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Webster 1913 Edition
Pancreas
Pan′cre-as
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
πᾶς
, πᾶν
, all + κρέασ
flesh, meat: cf. F. pancréas
.] (Anat.)
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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Pancreas
PAN'CREAS
,Noun.