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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The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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