Pancreatic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pancreatic
       adj : of or involving the pancreas; "pancreatic cancer"