pancreas
/ˈpæŋkɹɪəs/US/ˈpæŋ.kɹi.əs/
pancreas noun: a gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to assist with food digestion.
Noun
pancreas (plural pancreases or pancreata)
- A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to assist with food digestion.
- Chronic pancreatitis is a condition in which the pancreas is inflamed or swells for an extended period.2024 October 9, Maxine Lipner, “What Does It Mean When Your Poop Floats?”, in Health
- Synonyms:
- gutbread, stomach sweetbread, belly sweetbread
pancreas meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
pancreas in Hindi
- gland near the stomach
- अग्न्याशय agnyāśay
pancreas in Tamil
- gland near the stomach
- கணையம் kaṇaiyam
pancreas in Marathi
- gland near the stomach
- स्वादुपिंड svādupiṇḍa
pancreas in Urdu
- پینکریاز, پینکریاس, پینکریا
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- pancreas in Bengali
- অগ্ন্যাশয় ognnaśoẏ
- pancreas in Telugu
- క్లోమము klōmamu
- pancreas in Malayalam
- ആഗ്നേയഗ്രന്ഥി, കണയം, ആഗ്നേയാന്ത്രം, ദ്രോമം
- pancreas in Kannada
- ಮೇದೋಜ್ಜೀರಕ ಗ್ರಂಥಿ, ಅರಗಿಸುವ ಸುರಿಗೆ, ಅರಗುಸುರಿಗೆ, ಕರಗುಸುರಿಗೆ
- pancreas in Punjabi
- ਪੈਨਕਰੀਸ painkarīs
- pancreas in Gujarati
- સ્વાદુપિંડ, સ્વાદુપિંડો, અગ્ન્યાશય
- pancreas in Odia
- ଅଗ୍ନ୍ଯାଶଯ଼, ଅଗ୍ନାଶଯ଼, ପାନ୍କ୍ରିଆସ୍
- pancreas in Nepali
- अग्न्याशय, स्वादुपिंड, प्यान्क्रियाज
- pancreas in Tagalog
- lapay
- pancreas in Arabic
- بَنْكِرْيَاس bankiryās, مُعَثْكَلَة muʕaṯkala
- pancreas in Malay
- pankreas
- pancreas in Indonesian
- pankreas
- pancreas in Persian
- لوزالمعده ložolme'de, پانکراس pânkerâs
- pancreas in Thai
- ตับอ่อน dtàp-ɔ̀ɔn
- pancreas in Vietnamese
- tụy, lá mía
Examples of pancreas in a sentence
- The pancreas of an animal when cooked for consumption is known as a sweetbread.
- Especially dangerous are corona-viruses, general factors of "common cold" and reoviruses particularly pestilent for pancreas.
- A curved, right subcostal incision allows for convenient exposure of the pancreas and all other relevant structures.
Synonyms of pancreas
Forms of pancreas
| plural | pancreases |
|---|---|
| plural | pancreata |
Origin of pancreas
Existing in English since the sixteenth century: from Latin pancreas, from Ancient Greek πάγκρεας (pánkreas), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + κρέας (kréas, “flesh”).
Words formed from pancreas
Questions about pancreas
- What does pancreas mean?
- Pancreas means a gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to assist with food digestion.
- What is pancreas in Hindi?
- Pancreas in Hindi is अग्न्याशय (agnyāśay). See Pancreas meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pancreas?
- Pancreas is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pancreas?
- Pancreas is pronounced /ˈpæŋkɹɪəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pancreas?
- The plural of pancreas is pancreases.
Words near pancreas in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pancreas (page history and authors); pancreas (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pancreas (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pancreas (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pancreas (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pancreas (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pancreas (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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