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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryYou needed a new pancreas. The one we bought for you frees you from a dangerous dependency.” "Thanks, but I was enjoying that dependency. William Gibson
Physiology has, at last, gained control over the nerves which stimulate the gastric glands and the pancreas. Ivan Pavlov
‘it excites the pancreas to fresh efforts' Anthony Burgess
Ranger declined the butterscotch pudding, not wanting to disrupt the consistency of his blood sugar level. I had two puddings and coffee, choosing to keep my pancreas at peak performance. Use it or lose it is my philosophy. Janet Evanovich
i miss you so much it's giving me a pain in my pancreas. Maureen Johnson
We don't invent our natures. They're issued to us along with our lungs, our pancreas and everything else. Michael E. Mann