PANCREATIC
pancreatic
(adjective) of or involving the pancreas; “pancreatic cancer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
pancreatic (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to the pancreas
Source: Wiktionary
Pan`cre*at"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. pancréatique.] (Anat.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the pancreas; as, the pancreatic secretion, digestion, ferments. Pancreatic juice (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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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