Pancreas

['pæŋkrɪəs]

Definition

(noun.) a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin.

Checker: Terrance--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

Edited by Elena

Definition

n. a conglomerate gland lying transversely across the posterior wall of the abdomen secreting the pancreatic juice which pours with the bile into the digestive system.—adj. Pancreat′ic pertaining to the pancreas.—ns. Pan′creatin the pancreatic juice; Pancreatīt′is inflammation of the pancreas.

Typist: Ruth