PANCREAS


Meaning of PANCREAS in English

[pan.cre.as] n [NL, fr. Gk pankreas sweetbread, fr. pan- + kreas flesh, meat--more at raw] (1578): a large lobulated gland of vertebrates that secretes digestive enzymes and the hormones insulin and glucagon -- pan.cre.at.ic adj

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