PANCREATIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pancreatic mean? 

• PANCREATIC (adjective)
  The adjective PANCREATIC has 1 sense:

1. of or involving the pancreas

  Familiarity information: PANCREATIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PANCREATIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or involving the pancreas

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

pancreatic cancer

Pertainym:

pancreas (a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin)

Derivation:

pancreas (a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin)

 Context examples 

The host immune system then attacks endogenous pancreatic cancer cells, resulting in ADCC towards endogenous pancreatic cancer cells.

(Algenpantucel-L, NCI Thesaurus)

The pancreatic tumor cells are derived from the PANC 10.05 tumor cell line.

(Allogeneic GM-CSF-secreting Tumor Vaccine PANC 10.05 pcDNA-1/GM-Neo, NCI Thesaurus)

The pancreatic tumor cells are derived from the PANC 6.03 tumor cell line.

(Allogeneic GM-CSF-secreting Tumor Vaccine PANC 6.03 pcDNA-1/GM-Neo, NCI Thesaurus)

A cell in the periphery of the pancreatic islets that secretes glucagon.

(Alpha Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

AKT2 gene amplification is associated with certain cancers such as ovarian and pancreatic carcinomas.

(AKT2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A pseudotetrasaccharide and inhibitor of alpha-glucosidase and pancreatic alpha-amylase with antihyperglycemic activity.

(Acarbose, NCI Thesaurus)

Both tests detect and measure levels of sugars produced by pancreatic cancer cells that subsequently escape into the blood stream.

(New Approach to Pancreatic Cancer Screening May Help Catch Disease Earlier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A rare congenital abnormality in which the duodenum is surrounded by a ring of pancreatic tissue.

(Annular Pancreas, NCI Thesaurus)

SLC44A4, potentially a sodium-dependent transmembrane transport protein, is overexpressed on more than 80 percent of samples derived from patients with pancreatic, prostate and gastric cancers.

(Anti-AGS-5 Antibody-Drug Conjugate ASG-5ME, NCI Thesaurus)

It binds to a carbohydrate (sugar) molecule that is found on gastric, colon, pancreatic, prostate, ovarian, breast, and kidney cancer cells.

(Monoclonal Antibody RAV12, NCI Dictionary)