Synonyms for pancreas

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pan-kree-uh s, pang-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæn kri əs, ˈpæŋ-

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Définition of pancreas

Origin : 1570s, from Latinized form of Greek pankreas "sweetbread (pancreas as food), pancreas," literally "entirely flesh," from pan- "all" (see pan-) + kreas "flesh" (see raw), probably on notion of homogeneous substance of the organ.

As in variety meat : noun organ meat

Example sentences :

What does this great combination of powers in the pancreas mean?
Extract from : « A Handbook of Health » by Woods Hutchinson

The gall bladder was filled with bile, and the pancreas indurated.
Extract from : « Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart » by John Collins Warren

So late as 1840, there was yet no clear understanding of the action of the pancreas.
Extract from : « Experiments on Animals » by Stephen Paget

The liver and spleen are generally normal, as is the pancreas.
Extract from : « Scurvy Past and Present » by Alfred Fabian Hess

Cancer of the pancreas can cause severe depression and insomnia.
Extract from : « When You Don't Know Where to Turn » by Steven J. Bartlett

This gland is the pancreas, and the duct is the pancreatic duct.
Extract from : « Elementary Zoology, Second Edition » by Vernon L. Kellogg

In some of these cases it drags the tail of the pancreas with it.
Extract from : « A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) » by Various

We believe that the pancreas of Lepidosteus has hitherto been overlooked.
Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 » by Francis Maitland Balfour

The pancreas of the calf is not active on starchy materials.
Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various

This form of diarrhoea may be attributed to a hypersecretion from the pancreas.
Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various

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