pancreas

Senso (Inglese)

A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to assist with food digestion.

Concetti

pancreas

fegato

sinonimi

spleen

sweetbread

liver

gastric gland

glucokinase

pancreatic gland

Traduzioni

páncreas

pancréas

Bauchspeicheldrüse

Pankreas

alvleesklier

pâncreas

pàncrees

πάγκρεας

pancreas

pankreas

بنكرياس

pancreas

pankreas

buikspeekselklier

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈpæŋkɹɪəs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Existing in English since the sixteenth century: from Latin pancreas, from Ancient Greek πάγκρεας (pánkreas), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + κρέας (kréas, “flesh”).