Synonyms for pancreas
ˈpæn kri əs, ˈpæŋ-pan·creas

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1. pancreasnoun

   Synonyms:
   stomach sweetbread, gutbread

2. pancreasnoun

   A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to help with food digestion. The fluid contains protease, carbohydrase and lipase, which breaks down larger molecules into smaller pieces. The pancreas also produces the hormones insulin and glucagon which regulate blood sugar. These hormones are released into the cardiovascular system.

   Synonyms:
   gutbread, stomach sweetbread

Princeton's WordNet

1. pancreasnoun

   a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin

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1. • Exocrine Gland

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1. List of paraphrases for "pancreas":

   pancreatic, pancreatitis

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1. Steven Russell:

   The promise of artificial pancreas in general is to deliver insulin when it's needed and in the right amount.

2. Bryony Frost:

   Then I had a fall last summer and sustained a lacerated pancreas and liver, an aneurism, a cracked sternum and I fractured T8 and T7 (bones) in my back.

3. Luke Nuttall:

   We still set alarms every night, it's really hard being someone's pancreas.

4. Maryann McLaughlin:

   It causes what we call insulin resistance, that your body becomes resistant to the function of your insulin, and if you lose that weight around the pancreas, the actual insulin-producing cells can work more efficiently. And sugar can then be better controlled.

5. Roman Hovorka:

   It's mimicking important functions of the pancreas but not the whole function of the pancreas.