About The Word Pancreatic
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Pancreatic
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What's The Definition Of Pancreatic?
[adj] of or involving the pancreas; "pancreatic cancer"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pancreatic: Related Terms | Find terms related to Pancreatic: See Also | Pancreatic In Webster's Dictionary \Pan`cre*at"ic\, a. [Cf. F. pancr['e]atique.] (Anat.)
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}.
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