pancreas
Kelime Anlamı :
1. pankreas.
2. Karında omurganın bel bölümü önünde bulunan içe ve dışa salgısı olan (karındaki sindirim işiyle ilgili) bir bez, pankreas.
3. i., anat. pankreas.
4. (isim) pankreas.
Tanımlar :
1.
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.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
A lobulated racemose gland, situated in the abdomen near the stomach, extending transversely from the region of the liver to that of the spleen, often inclosed in a loop of the duodenum, and pouring its secretion, pancreatic juice, into the duodenum by one or several ducts.
2. see the quotation.
2. see the quotation.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia