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Spell Bee Word: Pancreas


What does pancreas mean?

Word: Pancreas

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Pancreas means an organ in the body that makes juices to digest food and the hormone insulin, which controls the sugar in the blood.

How do you spell pancreas?

Syllables: pan - cre - as

Tricky part: The word ends in eas, with no e after the s, so pancrease is the usual slip.

Watch out for: pancrease, pancrias, pancreus

Memory tip: Read the last three letters backwards and you get sea: a pancreas ends in eas, with nothing after the s.

Pancreas in a sentence

Example 1: The pancreas lies deep inside the abdomen, behind other organs.

Example 2: A doctor can check how well the pancreas is working with a simple blood test.

Example 3: In our biology diagram, I coloured the pancreas yellow and the liver brown.

Fun Fact

The name comes from Greek pan, meaning all, and kreas, meaning flesh.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) diaphragm
b) pankreas
c) oesophagus
d) intestine

Show answer

b) pankreas. The k sound in this word is written with a c.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

panncreas

a) s
b) c
c) a
d) n

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d) n. Only one n comes before the c.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

sanrepca

a) pancakes
b) pancreas
c) panacea
d) pincers

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b) pancreas. Pancakes needs a k, pincers needs an i, and panacea has no r or s, which leaves pancreas.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The pancreas makes juices that are neccessary for breaking down the food we eat.

a) juices
b) pancreas
c) neccessary
d) breaking

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c) neccessary. Necessary has one c and a double s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If the pancreas makes too little insulin, a person may develop ____.

a) asthma
b) chickenpox
c) diabetes
d) malaria

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c) diabetes

2. Which organ lies just in front of the pancreas?

a) the heart
b) the brain
c) the stomach
d) the lungs

Show answer

c) the stomach

Associated Words

Words that start with pan: panel, pantomime, panic, pantheon

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