pancreatic insufficiency

noun

The inability to properly digest food due to a lack of specialized enzymes produced by the pancreas.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounpancreatic insufficiency (countable and uncountable, plural pancreatic insufficiencies)

plural pancreatic insufficiencies

  1. countableuncountableanatomyThe inability to properly digest food due to a lack of specialized enzymes produced by the pancreas.
Cite this entry
APA

pancreatic insufficiency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancreatic%20insufficiency

MLA

“pancreatic insufficiency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancreatic%20insufficiency. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pancreatic insufficiency,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancreatic%20insufficiency.

Source: pancreatic insufficiency on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.