Pancreas

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  • noun. A long, irregularly shaped gland in vertebrates, lying behind the stomach, that secretes pancreatic juice into the duodenum and insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin into the bloodstream.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A lobulated racemose gland, situated in the abdomen near the stomach, extending transversely from the region of the liver to that of the spleen, often inclosed in a loop of the duodenum, and pouring its secretion, pancreatic juice, into the duodenum by one or several ducts.
  • noun. See the quotation.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin
    • Word Usage
    "In this form of HI, only a small, focal area of the pancreas is affected."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    duct gland  exocrine  exocrine gland  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bladder  bone-marrow  bowel  colon  duodenum  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    gutbread  stomach sweetbread  
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