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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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