Medical Definition of Pancreas minus

1. A portion of the head of the pancreas that hooks around posterior to the superior mesenteric vessels, sometimes into the "nutcracker" formed by the superior mesenteric artery and abdominal aorta. Synonym: processus uncinatus pancreatis, lesser pancreas, pancreas minus, small pancreas, uncinate pancreas, unciform pancreas, Willis' pancreas, Winslow's pancreas. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pancreas Minus

pancoast tumour
pancolectomy
pancontinental
pancratia
pancratiast
pancratiastic
pancratiasts
pancratic
pancratist
pancratists
pancratium
pancratiums
pancreas
pancreas accessorium
pancreas divisum
pancreas minus (current term)
pancreas transplantation
pancreases
pancreat-
pancreata
pancreatalgia
pancreatectomies
pancreatectomy
pancreatemphraxis
pancreatic
pancreatic RNase
pancreatic abscess
pancreatic acinar cell
pancreatic adenocarcinoma
pancreatic artery

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