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English
Etymology
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 ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
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pancreas (plural pancreases or pancreata )
( anatomy ) A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to help with food digestion. The fluid contains protease , carbohydrase and lipase , which breaks down larger molecules into smaller pieces. The pancreas also produces the hormones insulin and glucagon which regulate blood sugar. These hormones are released into the cardiovascular system .
Synonyms: gutbread , stomach sweetbread , belly sweetbread
Derived terms
Translations
gland near the stomach
Afrikaans: pankreas
Albanian: pankreasi ?
Arabic: بَنْكِرْيَاس m ( bankiryās ) , مُعَثْكَلَة f ( muʕaṯkala )
Egyptian Arabic: بنكرياس m ( benkeryas )
Hijazi Arabic: بنكرياس m ( binkiryās, bankiryās )
Armenian: ենթաստամոքսային գեղձ (hy) ( entʻastamokʻsayin geġj )
Asturian: páncrees (ast) m
Azerbaijani: məʼdəaltı vəzi
Basque: are (eu) , pankrea
Bengali: অগ্ন্যাশয় (bn) ( ognnaśoẏ )
Bulgarian: панкреас m ( pankreas )
Catalan: pàncrees (ca) m
Chinese:
Hakka: 禾鐮鐵 / 禾镰铁 ( voˇ liamˇ tiedˋ )
Hokkien: 腰尺 (zh-min-nan) ( io-chhioh )
Mandarin: 胰臟 / 胰脏 (zh) ( yízàng ) , 胰腺 (zh) ( yíxiàn )
Czech: slinivka břišní (cs) f , pankreas (cs) m
Danish: bugspytkirtel (da) c
Dutch: alvleesklier (nl) f or m , buikspeekselklier ? , pancreas (nl) m or n
Esperanto: pankreato
Estonian: kõhunääre (et) , pankreas (et)
Faroese: bris n
Finnish: haima (fi)
French: pancréas (fr) m
Galician: páncreas (gl) m
Georgian: პანკრეასი ( ṗanḳreasi ) , კუჭქვეშა ჯირკვალი ( ḳuč̣kveša ǯirḳvali )
German: Bauchspeicheldrüse (de) f , Pankreas (de) n
Greek: πάγκρεας (el) n ( págkreas )
Ancient: πάγκρεας n ( pánkreas )
Hebrew: לבלב (he) m ( lavláv )
Hindi: अग्न्याशय (hi) m ( agnyāśay )
Hungarian: hasnyálmirigy (hu)
Icelandic: bris (is) n , briskirtill (is) m
Indonesian: pankreas (id)
Ingrian: perna
Interlingua: pancreas
Irish: paincréas m
Italian: pancreas (it) m
Japanese: 膵臓 (ja) ( すいぞう, suizō )
Javanese: pankreas
Kalmyk: нөр ( nör )
Kapampangan: kundilat , lape
Kazakh: үйқы безі ( üiqy bezı )
Khmer: លំពែង (km) ( lumpɛɛŋ )
Korean: 췌장 (ko) ( chwejang )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: pankreas (ku) ?
Lao: ຕັບອ່ອນ ( tap ʼǭn )
Latin: pancreas f
Latvian: aizkuņģa dziedzeris m
Lithuanian: kasa (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Pankreas n
Macedonian: панкреас m ( pankreas )
Malay: pankreas (ms)
Maltese: pankreas m , frixa f
Maori: repe-taiaki-huka
Marathi: स्वादुपिंड n ( svādupiṇḍa )
Mongolian: нойр булчирхай ( nojr bulčirxaj )
Navajo: alohkʼeʼ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bukspyttkjertel (no) m
Nynorsk: bukspyttkjertel m
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Persian: لوزالمعده (fa) , پانکراس (fa) ( pânkrâs )
Plautdietsch: Pluz f
Polish: trzustka (pl) f
Portuguese: pâncreas (pt) m
Punjabi: ਪੈਨਕਰੀਸ ( painkarīs )
Quechua: suyk'upin
Romanian: pancreas (ro) n
Russian: поджелу́дочная железа́ (ru) f ( podželúdočnaja železá )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гуштѐрача f
Roman: guštèrača (sh) f
Sicilian: pancreas ?
Slovak: podžalúdková žľaza f
Slovene: trebušna slinavka (sl) f
Somali: ganac
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: brjušna slinica f
Upper Sorbian: pankreas m , brjušna slinica f
Spanish: páncreas (es) m
Swahili: kongosho ?
Swedish: bukspottkörtel (sv) c
Tagalog: lapay
Tamil: கணையம் (ta) ( kaṇaiyam )
Tarifit: inarfeḍ m
Telugu: క్లోమము (te) ( klōmamu )
Thai: ตับอ่อน (th) ( dtàp-ɔ̀ɔn )
Turkish: pankreas (tr)
Ukrainian: підшлункова залоза f ( pidšlunkova zaloza )
Vietnamese: tụy (vi) , lá mía (vi)
Volapük: pankreat
Welsh: cefndedyn m
Yami: lilas
Yiddish: פּאַנקרעאַס n ( pankreas )
See also
References
^ The Concise Oxford English Dictionary , 11th ed.
Anagrams
Interlingua
Noun
pancreas (uncountable )
pancreas
Related terms
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek .
Pronunciation
Noun
pancreas m (invariable )
pancreas
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πάγκρεας ( pánkreas ) , from πᾶν ( pân , “ all ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
pancreās n (genitive pancreātis ) ; third declension
( anatomy ) pancreas
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pancreas .
Noun
pancreas n (plural pancreasuri )
pancreas
Declension