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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pancreas \Pan"cre*as\, n. [NL., fr Gr ?; ?, ?, all + ? flesh,
meat: cf F. pancr['e]as.] (Anat.)
The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of
nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and
light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic
juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the
upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in
digestion. See Illust. of {Digestive apparatus}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pancreas
n : a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach;
secretes pancreatic juice and insulin
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