pancreas
n. கணையம், செரிமானத்துக்கேற்ற நீர்சுரக்கும் இரைப்பைக்கு அருகிலுள்ள சுரப்பி.
Pan"cre*as, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. pancréas.] (Anat.) Defn: 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.