Pancreas



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 胰脏
• ［英］ n. 胰脏 ( the organ that makes insulin)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pankreas sweetbread, from pan- + kreas flesh, meat — more at raw
• Date: 1578
• a large lobulated gland of vertebrates that secretes digestive enzymes and the hormones insulin and glucagon
• ? pancreatic adjective

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