Category:Pancreas

Pan"cre*as, n. Etym: [nl., fr. Gr. pancréas.] (anat.)

Defn: 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.