PANCREATIC DUCT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pancreatic duct mean? 

• PANCREATIC DUCT (noun)
  The noun PANCREATIC DUCT has 1 sense:

1. a duct connecting the pancreas with the intestine

  Familiarity information: PANCREATIC DUCT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PANCREATIC DUCT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A duct connecting the pancreas with the intestine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pancreatic duct" is a kind of...):

canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)

Meronyms (parts of "pancreatic duct"):

musculus sphincter ductus pancreatici (the smooth muscle sphincter of the main pancreatic duct)

Holonyms ("pancreatic duct" is a part of...):

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

 Context examples 

Retention cysts are gross enlargements of pancreatic ducts secondary to ductal obstruction.

(Pancreatic Cyst, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A group of cystic or mass-forming epithelial neoplasms that arise from the exocrine pancreas, exhibit ductal differentiation, and grow mostly within the pancreatic ducts.

(Pancreatic Intraductal Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A usually slow-growing epithelial neoplasm with ductal differentiation that arises from the exocrine pancreas and grows mostly within the pancreatic ducts.

(Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary-Mucinous Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

It secretes digestive juices into the small intestine through a tube called the pancreatic duct.

(Pancreatitis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

A pre-cancerous, non-invasive pancreatic epithelial neoplasm that arises from and is confined to the pancreatic ducts.

(Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by a narrowing of the lumen of the pancreatic duct.

(Pancreatic Duct Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Narrowing of the lumen of the pancreatic duct.

(Pancreatic Duct Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus)

An accessory pancreatic duct with two branches, one of which opens directly to the duodenum at the minor duodenal papilla while the other connects to the pancreatic duct.

(Ductus Santorini, NCI Thesaurus)

A procedure that uses an endoscope to examine and x-ray the pancreatic duct, hepatic duct, common bile duct, duodenal papilla, and gallbladder.

(Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, NCI Dictionary)

A dilation of the duodenal papilla that is the opening of the juncture of the common bile duct and the main pancreatic duct.

(ampulla of Vater, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)