胰腺

yíxiàn
noun #16,049

Meanings

  1. 1 pancreas

Examples

Yíxiàn ái shì yī zhǒng hěn nán zhìyù de jíbìng.
Pancreatic cancer is a very difficult disease to cure.

Tips

usage
胰腺 (yíxiànyán) = pancreatitis, 胰腺 (yíxiànái) = pancreatic cancer. The character specifically means pancreas and appears almost exclusively in medical contexts.

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