PANCREATITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pancreatitis mean? 

• PANCREATITIS (noun)
  The noun PANCREATITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the pancreas; usually marked by abdominal pain

  Familiarity information: PANCREATITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PANCREATITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the pancreas; usually marked by abdominal pain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("pancreatitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

 Context examples 

Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas.

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

Some risk factors for developing pancreatic cancer include: • Smoking • Long-term diabetes • Chronic pancreatitis • Certain hereditary disorders

(Pancreatic Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Chronic pancreatitis may cause diabetes and problems with digestion.

(Pancreatitis, NCI Dictionary)

A test used to help diagnose problems in the pancreas, such as gastrinomas and pancreatitis.

(Pancreatic function test, NCI Dictionary)

This agent may cause thyroid C-cell tumors and increases the risk of acute pancreatitis.

(Liraglutide, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of pancreatitis that start at a young age.

(Hereditary Pancreatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include epigastric pain, weight loss, jaundice, chronic pancreatitis, and diabetes mellitus.

(Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary-Mucinous Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of non-neoplastic disorders include pancreatitis and pancreatic insufficiency.

(Pancreatic Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Causes include injury, sepsis, drug overdose, and pancreatitis.

(Acute Respiratory Failure, NCI Thesaurus)

This includes people who have a family history of pancreatic cancer, who have had pancreatic cysts or chronic pancreatitis, or who were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes later in life.

(New Approach to Pancreatic Cancer Screening May Help Catch Disease Earlier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)