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Pancreas

noun

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

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fibrocystic disease of the pancreas

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"Pancreas" Quotes from Famous Books

... number of heterogeneous and mixed articles of merchandise, evil-smelling and jaunty, herrings and muslin, silks and honey, butter and gauze, and above all a number of petty trades, of which Paris knows as little as a man knows of what is going on in his pancreas, and which, at the present moment, had a blood-sucker named Bidault, otherwise called Gigonnet, a money-lender, who lived in the Rue Grenetat. In this quarter old stables were filled with oil-casks, and the carriage-houses ...

— Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau • Honore de Balzac

... would seem that his drop was from a very great height, and that a strong ground wind was blowing at the time, the result of which was that wild, wide oscillations were set up in the car, which narrowly escaped bringing him in contact with the house tops in St. Pancreas, and eventually swung him down into a field, not ...

— The Dominion of the Air • J. M. Bacon

Words linked to "Pancreas" : systema alimentarium, islands of Langerhans, islets of Langerhans, fibrocystic disease of the pancreas, gastrointestinal system, systema digestorium, exocrine, duct gland, exocrine gland, pancreatic, digestive system, pancreatic duct, isles of Langerhans