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pancreas |
2 definitions found 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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