Meanings
plural pancreases · plural pancreata
- anatomyA gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to assist with food digestion.
Chronic pancreatitis is a condition in which the pancreas is inflamed or swells for an extended period.
2024 October 9, Maxine Lipner, “What Does It Mean When Your Poop Floats?”, in HealthSynonyms: gutbread, stomach sweetbread, belly sweetbread
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to assist with food digestion.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπάγκρεας
- Latinpancreas
- Englishpancreas
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”).
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Afrikaans pankreas
- pankreasgland near the stomach
Ancient Greek πάγκρεας
- πάγκρεας (pánkreas)gland near the stomach
Arabic بَنْكِرْيَاس, مُعَثْكَلَة
- بَنْكِرْيَاس (bankiryās)gland near the stomach
- مُعَثْكَلَة (muʕaṯkala)gland near the stomach
Basque are, pankrea
- aregland near the stomach
- pankreagland near the stomach
Bengali অগ্ন্যাশয়
- অগ্ন্যাশয় (ognnaśoẏ)gland near the stomach
Bulgarian панкреас
- панкреас (pankreas)gland near the stomach
Catalan pàncrees
- pàncreesgland near the stomach
Chinese Mandarin 胰臟 /胰脏, 胰腺
- 胰臟 /胰脏 (yízàng)gland near the stomach
- 胰腺 (yíxiàn)gland near the stomach
Czech slinivka břišní, pankreas
- slinivka břišnígland near the stomach
- pankreasgland near the stomach
Danish bugspytkirtel
- bugspytkirtelgland near the stomach
Dutch alvleesklier, buikspeekselklier
- alvleeskliergland near the stomach
- buikspeekselkliergland near the stomach
- pancreasgland near the stomach
Esperanto pankreato
- pankreatogland near the stomach
Estonian kõhunääre, pankreas
- kõhunääregland near the stomach
- pankreasgland near the stomach
Finnish haima
- haimagland near the stomach
French pancréas
- pancréasgland near the stomach
German Bauchspeicheldrüse, Pankreas
- Bauchspeicheldrüsegland near the stomach
- Pankreasgland near the stomach
Greek πάγκρεας
- πάγκρεας (págkreas)gland near the stomach
Hebrew לבלב
- לבלב (lavláv)gland near the stomach
Hindi अग्न्याशय
- अग्न्याशय (agnyāśay)gland near the stomach
Hungarian hasnyálmirigy
- hasnyálmirigygland near the stomach
Icelandic bris, briskirtill
- brisgland near the stomach
- briskirtillgland near the stomach
Indonesian pankreas
- pankreasgland near the stomach
Irish paincréas
- paincréasgland near the stomach
Italian pancreas
- pancreasgland near the stomach
Japanese 膵臓
- 膵臓 (suizō)gland near the stomach
Korean 췌장
- 췌장 (chwejang)gland near the stomach
Latin pancreas
- pancreasgland near the stomach
Latvian aizkuņģa dziedzeris
- aizkuņģa dziedzerisgland near the stomach
Lithuanian kasa
- kasagland near the stomach
Malay pankreas
- pankreasgland near the stomach
Māori repe-taiaki-huka
- repe-taiaki-hukagland near the stomach
Norwegian Bokmål bukspyttkjertel
- bukspyttkjertelgland near the stomach
Persian لوزالمعده, پانکراس
- لوزالمعده (ložolme'de)gland near the stomach
- پانکراس (pânkerâs)gland near the stomach
Polish trzustka
- trzustkagland near the stomach
Portuguese pâncreas
- pâncreasgland near the stomach
Punjabi ਪੈਨਕਰੀਸ
- ਪੈਨਕਰੀਸ (painkarīs)gland near the stomach
Romanian pancreas
- pancreasgland near the stomach
Russian поджелу́дочная железа́
- поджелу́дочная железа́ (podželúdočnaja železá)gland near the stomach
Slovak podžalúdková žľaza
- podžalúdková žľazagland near the stomach
Spanish páncreas
- páncreasgland near the stomach
Swahili kongosho
- kongoshogland near the stomach
Swedish bukspottkörtel
- bukspottkörtelgland near the stomach
Tagalog lapay
- lapaygland near the stomach
Tamil கணையம்
- கணையம் (kaṇaiyam)gland near the stomach
Thai ตับอ่อน
- ตับอ่อน (dtàp-ɔ̀ɔn)gland near the stomach
Turkish pankreas
- pankreasgland near the stomach
Ukrainian підшлункова залоза
- підшлункова залоза (pidšlunkova zaloza)gland near the stomach
Vietnamese tụy, lá mía
- tụygland near the stomach
- lá míagland near the stomach
Welsh cefndedyn
- cefndedyngland near the stomach
Yiddish פּאַנקרעאַס
- פּאַנקרעאַס (pankreas)gland near the stomach
Cite this entry
pancreas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancreas
“pancreas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancreas. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pancreas,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancreas.
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