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The pain of pancreatitis comes from fat-digesting enzymes leaking from the pancreatic duct system into surrounding tissues, literally eating you from within.
—Leeaundra Keany, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2010
The pancreas also has tubes–the main one being the pancreatic duct.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2021
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First Known Use
1784, in the meaning defined above
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“Pancreatic duct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pancreatic%20duct. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
pancreatic duct
noun
: a duct leading from the pancreas and opening into the duodenum
Medical Definition
pancreatic duct
noun
: a duct connecting the pancreas with the intestine:
a
: the chief duct of the pancreas that runs from left to right through the body of the gland, passes out its neck, and empties into the duodenum either through an opening shared with the common bile duct or through one close to it
called also duct of Wirsung, Wirsung's duct
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