Found 2 items, similar to Pancreatic.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pancreatic
pancreatic
adj : of or involving the pancreas;
“pancreatic cancer”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pancreatic
Pancreatic
\Pan`cre*at"ic\, a. [Cf. F. pancr['e]atique.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the pancreas; as, the pancreatic
secretion, digestion, ferments.
[1913 Webster]
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 enzymes, trypsin, steapsin
(lipase) and an amylase, by which it acts upon all three
classes of food stuffs. See
Pancreas.
[1913 Webster +PJC]