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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.
[Gr. all, and flesh.] A gland of the body situated between the bottom of the stomach and the vertebers of the loins, reaching from the liver to the spleen, and attached to the peritonaeum. It is two fingers in breadth, and six in length, soft and supple. It secretes a kind of saliva and pours it into the duodenum.

Definition 2024

pancreas

pancreas

See also: pancréas, páncreas, and pâncreas

English

Noun

pancreas ‎(plural pancreases or pancreata)

  1. (anatomy) A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to help with food digestion. The fluid contains protease, carbohydrase and lipase, which breaks down larger molecules into smaller pieces. The pancreas also produces the hormones insulin and glucagon which regulate blood sugar. These hormones are released into the cardiovascular system.

Synonyms

  • gutbread
  • stomach sweetbread
  • belly sweetbread

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References

  1. ↑ The Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 11th ed.

Italian

Noun

pancreas m ‎(invariable)

  1. pancreas

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Etymology

Existing in English since the sixteenth century: from Latin pancreas, from Ancient Greek πάγκρεας ‎(pánkreas), from πᾶν ‎(pân, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + κρέας ‎(kréas, “flesh”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpæŋkɹɪəs/

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