pancreas
A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to assist with food digestion.
A kind of
- duct gland
Related words
- hepatopancreas
- pancreatoduodenectomy
- splenopancreas
- pancreatectomy
- pancreatic
- pancreatitis
Word history
From Ancient Greek "πάγκρεας".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “pancreas” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.