pancreas

Noun

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

heart absorption tongue liver stomach gland assimilation thyroid digestion prostate marrow adrenal bile pancreatic gizzard
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Antonyms

lack of understanding outside organs

Hypernyms

exocrine exocrine gland duct gland

Phrases with the word

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Examples

You 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

Close letter words and terms

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