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pancreatitis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Inflammation of the pancreas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of the pancreas; usually marked by abdominal pain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflammation, redness, rubor

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English pancreas Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English pancreatitis From pancreas + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: панкрэаты́т (pankreatýt) — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Catalan: pancreatitis — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胰腺炎 (yíxiànyán) — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胰脏炎 (yízàngyán) — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Czech: zánět slinivky břišní — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Czech: pankreatitida — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Estonian: kõhunäärmepõletik — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Finnish: haimatulehdus — inflammation of the pancreas
  • French: pancréatite — inflammation of the pancreas
  • German: Bauchspeicheldrüsenentzündung — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Hungarian: hasnyálmirigy-gyulladás — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Italian: pancreatite — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Latvian: pankreatīts — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Polish: zapalenie trzustki — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Portuguese: pancreatite — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Russian: панкреати́т (pankreatít) — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Spanish: pancreatitis — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Swedish: bukspottkörtelinflammation — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Swedish: pankreatit — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Tagalog: maganlapay — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Ukrainian: панкреати́т (pankreatýt) — inflammation of the pancreas
  • Volapük: pankreataflamat — inflammation of the pancreas