- 1胰臟（台灣用「胰臟」；中國大陸較常說「胰腺」。糖尿病常跟它連在一起）
The pancreas is a inside your body, set deep near your stomach. It does two big jobs. One, it makes a liquid that goes into your gut and helps break down the food you eat. Two, it makes insulin (and some other hormones) that help your body use sugar from food. When the pancreas cannot make enough insulin, or the body cannot use insulin well, that is tied to diabetes — so you will meet this word in health class and at the doctor’s, not in daily chat. It is a body-part word, a bit technical, but not rare. People say “the pancreas” as a thing you have, not something you do. You cannot see it from the outside; it sits tucked behind other organs.
From the word’s history
From Greek πάγκρεας: pan 'all' + kreas 'flesh'.
來自希臘文 πάγκρεας：pan「全部」加 kreas「肉」。
組成In English since the sixteenth century, from Latin pancreas, from Ancient Greek πάγκρεας (pánkreas): πᾶν (pân, “all,” the same pan- as in other Greek borrowings) + κρέας (kréas, “flesh”). The old idea was an organ of “all flesh.”
同家族的字
- pancreaticthe adjective: of or from the pancreas
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pancreasnoun/ˈpæŋkɹɪəs/
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anatomymedicinesciencesA gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to assist with food digestion.
- Chronic pancreatitis is a condition in which the pancreas is inflamed or swells for an extended period.
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