How to Use pancreas in a Sentence

pancreas

noun

• The report showed a rise in men battling cancers of the bones and joints, brain and pancreas.
  — Ashley R. Williams, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2022
• People had, though, been aware of the pancreas for centuries.
  — James P. Brody, The Conversation, 21 July 2021
• This allows for the cells to work the way that the pancreas is meant to, helping to negate the effects diabetes has on the body.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 30 Nov. 2022
• Amylin is a hormone released by the pancreas at the same time as insulin.
  — Verywell Health, 2 Feb. 2023
• This triggers the release of insulin from the pancreas.
  — Mckale Montgomery, The Conversation, 19 May 2022
• Khloe was receiving the pancreas and liver of a 4-year-old boy.
  — Mary Lynn Smith, Star Tribune, 15 Oct. 2020
• Living donors can give kidneys, a liver lobe, a lung, part of a lung, part of the pancreas or part of the intestines.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 18 Apr. 2022
• The cancer that started in Khloe's pancreas had spread to her liver.
  — Mary Lynn Smith, Star Tribune, 15 Oct. 2020
• She was left with holes in her stomach and diaphragm, and part of her pancreas was removed.
  — Jay Croft, CNN, 2 June 2023
• The hot water hose is the hepatic artery that supplies blood to the liver and pancreas.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 13 May 2022
• Or cancer of the colon, uterus, pancreas, kidney, ovary and others?
  — Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2022
• The new drug is thought to stop the immune system from attacking the insulin-making cells in the pancreas.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2022
• He has been diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas which has spread to his liver.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 21 Dec. 2022
• The first surgery was April 26, when the intestine, stomach, liver and pancreas were placed over the course of 7½ hours, Hanks’ wife said.
  — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2021
• Chocolate also has a lot of fat, so the cat or dog's pancreas will not enjoy it either.
  — Leticia Fanucchi, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2022
• Chocolate also has a lot of fat, so the cat or dog’s pancreas will not enjoy it either.
  — Leticia Fanucchi, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2022
• These are the thymus glands or pancreas of the animal — prized by many chefs for their mildness and, yes, sweetness.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2021
• In the 1960s, liver, heart and pancreas transplants followed.
  — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 3 June 2022
• Eyes, corneas, kidneys, livers, hearts, lungs, pancreases, bones and skin are subject to the rule.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2023
• The pancreas keeps pumping out more insulin to help, but glucose still has a hard time getting into the cells.
  — Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2021
• Doctors had found a 2½-centimeter tumor on his pancreas.
  — oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2022
• The pancreas also has tubes–the main one being the pancreatic duct.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2021
• Lung, colorectal and pancreas cancers cause the most deaths.
  — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024
• The way beta cells do this began to emerge in the late 1990s, when Eizirik measured levels of chemical signals from the cells in the pancreas.
  — Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021
• The cancer was gone from her pancreas, but nodules appeared in her lungs — metastases.
  — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 1 June 2022
• To count under the metric, a donor must have an organ used for transplant or for pancreas research.
  — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
• The drugs mimic a hormone produced in the gut called GLP-1, which tells the pancreas to secrete more insulin to control blood sugar.
  — Lauren Dunn, NBC News, 10 June 2022
• Death rates increased from cancer in the brain, nervous system and pancreas among men and women.
  — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 8 July 2021
• Insulin, a hormone produced by the beta cells of the pancreas, moves glucose from the blood into the cells to use for energy.
  — Elizabeth Woolley, Verywell Health, 22 Jan. 2023
• The team then transplanted cells from that pancreas back into a mouse that had been given a drug to cause diabetes and cured it of the disease.
  — Amy Webb, Wired, 1 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024