The pancreas is a large gland that produces insulin.
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Pancreas
//ˈpæŋ.kɹi.əs//
Synonyms for "pancreas" (15 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (5)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (7)
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5 entriespart of
3 entriesrelated to
16 entriesTranslations
112 translations across 92 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- pankreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Albanian
1 entries- pankreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πάγκρεας noun (gland near the stomach)
Arabic
4 entries- بنكرياس noun (gland near the stomach)
- بنكرياس noun (gland near the stomach)
- بَنْكِرْيَاس noun (gland near the stomach)
- مُعَثْكَلَة noun (gland near the stomach)
Armenian
1 entries- ենթաստամոքսային գեղձ noun (gland near the stomach)
Asturian
1 entries- páncrees noun (gland near the stomach)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- məʼdəaltı vəzi noun (gland near the stomach)
Basque
2 entries- are noun (gland near the stomach)
- pankrea noun (gland near the stomach)
Bengali
1 entries- অগ্ন্যাশয় noun (gland near the stomach)
Breton
3 entries- gwagrenn ruz noun (gland near the stomach)
- ilgreiz noun (gland near the stomach)
- pankreaz noun (gland near the stomach)
Bulgarian
1 entries- панкреас noun (gland near the stomach)
Catalan
1 entries- pàncrees noun (gland near the stomach)
Chinese
1 entries- 腰尺 noun (gland near the stomach)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 胰腺 noun (gland near the stomach)
- 胰臟 /胰脏 noun (gland near the stomach)
Czech
2 entries- pankreas noun (gland near the stomach)
- slinivka břišní noun (gland near the stomach)
Danish
1 entries- bugspytkirtel noun (gland near the stomach)
Dutch
3 entries- alvleesklier noun (gland near the stomach)
- buikspeekselklier noun (gland near the stomach)
- pancreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Esperanto
1 entries- pankreato noun (gland near the stomach)
Estonian
2 entries- kõhunääre noun (gland near the stomach)
- pankreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Faroese
1 entries- bris noun (gland near the stomach)
Finnish
1 entries- haima noun (gland near the stomach)
French
1 entries- pancréas noun (gland near the stomach)
Galician
1 entries- páncreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Georgian
2 entries- კუჭქვეშა ჯირკვალი noun (gland near the stomach)
- პანკრეასი noun (gland near the stomach)
German
2 entries- Bauchspeicheldrüse noun (gland near the stomach)
- Pankreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Greek
1 entries- πάγκρεας noun (gland near the stomach)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 禾鐮鐵 /禾镰铁 noun (gland near the stomach)
Hebrew
1 entries- לבלב noun (gland near the stomach)
Hindi
1 entries- अग्न्याशय noun (gland near the stomach)
Hungarian
1 entries- hasnyálmirigy noun (gland near the stomach)
Icelandic
2 entries- bris noun (gland near the stomach)
- briskirtill noun (gland near the stomach)
Indonesian
1 entries- pankreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Ingrian
1 entries- perna noun (gland near the stomach)
Interlingua
1 entries- pancreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Irish
1 entries- paincréas noun (gland near the stomach)
Italian
1 entries- pancreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Japanese
1 entries- 膵臓 noun (gland near the stomach)
Javanese
1 entries- pankreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Kalmyk
1 entries- нөр noun (gland near the stomach)
Kapampangan
2 entries- kundilat noun (gland near the stomach)
- lape noun (gland near the stomach)
Kavalan
1 entries- arim noun (gland near the stomach)
Kazakh
1 entries- үйқы безі noun (gland near the stomach)
Khmer
1 entries- លំពែង noun (gland near the stomach)
Korean
1 entries- 췌장 noun (gland near the stomach)
Lao
1 entries- ຕັບອ່ອນ noun (gland near the stomach)
Latin
1 entries- pancreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Latvian
1 entries- aizkuņģa dziedzeris noun (gland near the stomach)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kasa noun (gland near the stomach)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- brjušna slinica noun (gland near the stomach)
Lower Tanana
1 entries- ch'etala' noun (gland near the stomach)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Pankreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Macedonian
1 entries- панкреас noun (gland near the stomach)
Malay
1 entries- pankreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Maltese
2 entries- frixa noun (gland near the stomach)
- pankreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Marathi
1 entries- स्वादुपिंड noun (gland near the stomach)
Mongolian
1 entries- нойр булчирхай noun (gland near the stomach)
Māori
1 entries- repe-taiaki-huka noun (gland near the stomach)
Navajo
1 entries- alohkʼeʼ noun (gland near the stomach)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- pankreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- bukspyttkjertel noun (gland near the stomach)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- bukspyttkjertel noun (gland near the stomach)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اوزدن noun (gland near the stomach)
Persian
2 entries- لوزالمعده noun (gland near the stomach)
- پانکراس noun (gland near the stomach)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Pluz noun (gland near the stomach)
Polish
1 entries- trzustka noun (gland near the stomach)
Portuguese
1 entries- pâncreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਪੈਨਕਰੀਸ noun (gland near the stomach)
Quechua
1 entries- suyk'upin noun (gland near the stomach)
Romanian
1 entries- pancreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Russian
1 entries- поджелу́дочная железа́ noun (gland near the stomach)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- guštèrača noun (gland near the stomach)
- гуштѐрача noun (gland near the stomach)
Sicilian
1 entries- pancreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Slovak
1 entries- podžalúdková žľaza noun (gland near the stomach)
Slovene
1 entries- trebušna slinavka noun (gland near the stomach)
Somali
1 entries- ganac noun (gland near the stomach)
Spanish
1 entries- páncreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Swahili
1 entries- kongosho noun (gland near the stomach)
Swedish
1 entries- bukspottkörtel noun (gland near the stomach)
Tagalog
1 entries- lapay noun (gland near the stomach)
Tamil
1 entries- கணையம் noun (gland near the stomach)
Tarifit
1 entries- inarfeḍ noun (gland near the stomach)
Telugu
1 entries- క్లోమము noun (gland near the stomach)
Thai
1 entries- ตับอ่อน noun (gland near the stomach)
Turkish
1 entries- pankreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Ukrainian
1 entries- підшлункова залоза noun (gland near the stomach)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- brjušna slinica noun (gland near the stomach)
- pankreas noun (gland near the stomach)
Vietnamese
2 entries- lá mía noun (gland near the stomach)
- tụy noun (gland near the stomach)
Volapük
1 entries- pankreat noun (gland near the stomach)
Welsh
1 entries- cefndedyn noun (gland near the stomach)
West-Frisian
1 entries- kattelape noun (gland near the stomach)
Yami
1 entries- lilas noun (gland near the stomach)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּאַנקרעאַס noun (gland near the stomach)
Sample sentences
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The pancreas produces enzymes as well as insulin.
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Apart from insulin, the pancreas also produces enzymes.
Source: tatoeba (9418769)
The liver and the pancreas form part of the digestive system.
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