pancreas

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pancreas

/ˈpæŋkɹɪəs/ UK
/ˈpæŋ.kɹi.əs/ US
/ˈpeɪŋ-/ US
/ˈpæn-/ US
/ˈpeɪn-/ US

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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”).

noun pancreases · 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.
Similar: gutbread, stomach sweetbread, belly sweetbread

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Closest in meaning: pancreatitis, endocrine pancreas, mixed gland, accessory pancreas, exocrine pancreas, sweetbread, digestive gland, pancreatic islets, pancreatin, pancrease, pancreatic juice, amylase, alpha cell, pancrelipase, secretin, salivary gland

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noun gland near the stomach

Español	páncreas
한국어	췌장 chwejang
日本語	膵臓 suizō
中文	胰臟 /胰脏 yízàng, 胰腺 yíxiàn
हिन्दी	अग्न्याशय agnyāśay
Kiswahili	kongosho
Português	pâncreas
Français	pancréas
Deutsch	Bauchspeicheldrüse, Pankreas
Italiano	pancreas
Ελληνικά	πάγκρεας págkreas
Română	pancreas
Русский	поджелу́дочная железа́ podželúdočnaja železá
Tiếng Việt	tụy, lá mía
العربية	بَنْكِرْيَاس bankiryās, مُعَثْكَلَة muʕaṯkala
עברית	לבלב lavláv

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@misc{pancreas_2026,
  title = {pancreas},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pancreas},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}