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pancreatic insufficiency

pancreatic insufficiency noun: the inability to properly digest food due to a lack of specialized enzymes produced by the pancreas.

Noun

pancreatic insufficiency (countable and uncountable, plural pancreatic insufficiencies)

  1. The inability to properly digest food due to a lack of specialized enzymes produced by the pancreas.

Forms of pancreatic insufficiency

pluralpancreatic insufficiencies

Questions about pancreatic insufficiency

What does pancreatic insufficiency mean?
Pancreatic insufficiency means the inability to properly digest food due to a lack of specialized enzymes produced by the pancreas.
What part of speech is pancreatic insufficiency?
Pancreatic insufficiency is a noun.
What is the plural of pancreatic insufficiency?
The plural of pancreatic insufficiency is pancreatic insufficiencies.

Words near pancreatic insufficiency in the dictionary

  1. pancreatic duct
  2. pancreatic ducts
  3. pancreatic fistula
  4. pancreatic fistulas
  5. pancreatic insufficiencies
  6. pancreatic insufficiency
  7. pancreatic juice
  8. pancreatic juices
  9. pancreatic lipase
  10. pancreatic lipases
  11. pancreatic notch

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