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Pancreas

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Noun

1. pancreas

a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pancreas

see synonyms of pancreas
noun
a large elongated glandular organ, situated behind the stomach, that secretes insulin and pancreatic juice

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Pancreas

see synonyms of pancreas
noun
a large, elongated gland situated behind the stomach and secreting a digestive juice (pancreatic juice) into the small intestine: groups of differentiated cells (islets of Langerhans) in the gland produce the hormone insulin: the pancreas of animals, used as food, is usually called sweetbread

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pancreas

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n.
A long, irregularly shaped gland in vertebrates, lying behind the stomach, that secretes pancreatic juice into the duodenum and insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin into the bloodstream.

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