Word.ws English Dictionary

pancreata

/ˈpæŋ.kɹiˌɑːt.ə/

pancreata is the plural of pancreas.

Meaning of pancreas

Noun

pancreas (plural pancreases or pancreata)

  1. 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

Questions about pancreata

What is pancreata the plural of?
Pancreata is the plural of pancreas.
How do you pronounce pancreata?
Pancreata is pronounced /ˈpæŋ.kɹiˌɑːt.ə/.

Words near pancreata in the dictionary

  1. pancreas
  2. pancrease
  3. pancreases
  4. pancreastatin
  5. pancreat-
  6. pancreata
  7. pancreatalgia
  8. pancreatechtomy
  9. pancreatectomies
  10. pancreatectomised
  11. pancreatectomize

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pancreata (page history and authors); pancreas (page history and authors). 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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “pancreata.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/pancreata. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.