Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hepatopancreas

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hep-atopan-creas
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organ of the digestive tract of arthropods and fish, which provides the functions which in mammals are provided separately by the liver and pancreas.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər Ancient Greek ἧπᾰρ (hêpăr)der. English hepato- English pancreas English hepatopancreas From hepato- + pancreas.

Inflected Forms

hepatopancreases (plural) hepatopancreata (plural)

Synonyms

digestive gland tomalley

Questions

What does hepatopancreas mean?: An organ of the digestive tract of arthropods and fish, which provides the functions which in mammals are provided separately by the liver and pancreas.
Where does hepatopancreas come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər Ancient Greek ἧπᾰρ (hêpăr)der. English hepato- English pancreas English hepatopancreas From hepato- + pancreas.

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