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1. (n.) pancreas
a large compound gland, situated near the stomach, that secretes digestive enzymes into the intestine and glucagon and insulin into the bloodstream.
Etymology: (1570–80; < NL < Gk pánkreas sweetbread =pan-pan - +kréas flesh, meat)
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1. (noun) pancreas
a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin
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1. (noun) pancreas
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
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1. pancreas
A nodular organ in the ABDOMEN that contains a mixture of ENDOCRINE GLANDS and EXOCRINE GLANDS. The small endocrine portion consists of the ISLETS OF LANGERHANS secreting a number of hormones into the blood stream. The large exocrine portion (EXOCRINE PANCREAS) is a compound acinar gland that secretes several digestive enzymes into the pancreatic ductal system that empties into the DUODENUM.
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Sense: a part of the body which helps in the digestion of food.
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 Afrikaans: pankreas |
 Arabic: بَنْكرياس |
 Bulgarian: панкреас |
 Brazilian: pâncreas |
 Czech: slinivka |
 German: die Bauchspeicheldrüse |
 Danish: bugspytkirtel |
 Greek: πάγκρεας |
 Spanish: páncreas |
 Estonian: kõhunääre |
 Farsi: لوزالمعده |
 Finnish: haima |
 French: pancréas |
 Hebrew: לַבלָב |
 Hindi: अग्न्याशय |
 Croatian: štitnjača |
 Hungarian: hasnyálmirigy |
 Indonesian: pankreas |
 Icelandic: briskirtill, bris |
 Italian: pancreas |
 Japanese: すい臓 |
 Korean: 췌장(膵臟), 이자 |
 Lithuanian: kasa |
 Latvian: aizkuņģa dziedzeris |
 Malay: pankreas |
 Dutch: alvleesklier |
 Norwegian: bukspyttkjertel |
 Polish: trzustka |
 Persian: لوزالمعده |
 Pashto: تريخى |
 Portuguese: pâncreas |
 Romanian: pancreas |
 Russian: поджелудочная железа |
 Slovak: pankreas |
 Slovenian: trebušna slinavka |
 Serbian: pankreas |
 Swedish: bukspottskörtel |
 Thai: ตับอ่อน |
 Turkish: pankreas |
 Taiwanese: 胰臟 |
 Ukrainian: підшлункова залоза |
 Urdu: لبلبہ، پيٹ کے نچلے حصہ کا |
 Vietnamese: tuyến tuỵ |
 Chinese: 胰腺 |
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