pancreatic : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a branch of the splenic artery that supplies the pancreas
  arteria pancreatica.
  

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• noun cancer of the pancreas
  

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• noun a duct connecting the pancreas with the intestine
  

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• noun the most common congenital disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known
  mucoviscidosis; fibrocystic disease of the pancreas; CF; cystic fibrosis.
  

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• noun a fluid secreted into the duodenum by the pancreas; important for breaking down starches and proteins and fats
  

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• (Physiol.), a colorless alkaline fluid secreted intermittently by the pancreatic gland. It is one of the most important of the digestive fluids, containing at least three distinct ferments, trypsin, steapsin and an amylolytic ferment, by which it acts upon all three classes of food stuffs. See Pancreas.

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• noun veins draining the pancreas and emptying into the superior mesenteric and splenic veins
  venae pancreatica.
  

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