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Pancreas   Listen
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Pancreas  n.  (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.






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"Pancreas" Quotes from Famous Books



... just yet. Doctor Norris fears that the pancreas is ruptured. In that case—" He shrugged his shoulders. "At any rate, the pancreas and the stomach are temporarily paralyzed by the blow of the saddle horn—the horse seems to have gone over backward on him. ...
— The Heart of Thunder Mountain • Edfrid A. Bingham



Words linked to "Pancreas" :   isles of Langerhans, systema alimentarium, systema digestorium, exocrine gland, pancreatic, islands of Langerhans, gastrointestinal system, fibrocystic disease of the pancreas, digestive system, islets of Langerhans, pancreatic duct, exocrine, duct gland



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