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pancreas
English
Etymology
Existing in English since the sixteenth century: from Latin pancreas, from Ancient Greek ???????? (pánkreas), from ??? (pân, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + ????? (kréas, “flesh”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?pæ?k???s/
Noun
pancreas (plural pancreases or pancreata)
- (anatomy) A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to help with food digestion. The fluid contains protease, carbohydrase and lipase, which breaks down larger molecules into smaller pieces. The pancreas also produces the hormones insulin and glucagon which regulate blood sugar. These hormones are released into the cardiovascular system.
- Synonyms: gutbread, stomach sweetbread, belly sweetbread
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- Pre-Canas
Interlingua
Noun
pancreas (uncountable)
- pancreas
Related terms
- pancreatic
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek.
Noun
pancreas m (invariable)
- pancreas
Derived terms
Anagrams
- spancerà
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin pancreas
Noun
pancreas n (plural pancreasuri)
- pancreas
Declension
pancreas From the web:
- what pancreas do
- what pancreas does
- what pancreas function
- what pancreas pain feel like
- what pancreas means
- what pancreas do in your body
- what pancreas secretes
- what pancreas produces
sweetbread
English
Etymology
Apparently from sweet +? bread, though the reason is not immediately evident. Possibly connected with Dutch zwezerik, whose etymology is also unclear.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?swi?tb??d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?swit?b??d/
- Hyphenation: sweet?bread
Noun
sweetbread (plural sweetbreads)
- The pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as food.
Synonyms
- (pancreas): belly sweetbread, gutbread, heart sweetbread, stomach sweetbread
- (thymus gland): gullet sweetbread, neck sweetbread, throat sweetbread
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