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pan
Greek · ancient
"all"
all, combined with kreas (flesh)
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pankreas
Greek · ancient
"all flesh"
all flesh, describing the glandular organ's uniform fleshy texture
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pancreas
Latin · ancient
"the glandular organ"
carried into Latin anatomical vocabulary
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pancreas
English · 1570s
"a gland behind the stomach that aids digestion"
settled as the English word for the digestive and endocrine gland
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