Word Meaning

Meaning of "pancreas" and the crossword clue

- Gland behind the stomach
- Large gland behind the stomach
- The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.