pancreas

Meaning of pancreas

noun

a large gland behind the stomach which secretes digestive enzymes into the duodenum. Embedded in the pancreas are the islets of Langerhans, which secrete into the blood the hormones insulin and glucagon.

late 16th century: modern Latin, from Greek pankreas, from pan ‘all’ + kreas ‘flesh’.

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Hyphenation of pancreas

pan-creas

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • pancreas is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of pancreas

Words that rhyme with pancreas

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