bukspottkörtel

Swedish

Alternative forms

• bukspottskörtel

Etymology

From bukspott (“pancreatic juice”) +‎ körtel (“gland”). Cognate with Danish bugspytkirtel, Norwegian bukspyttkjertel. First attested in 1860.

Noun

bukspottkörtel c

1. (anatomy) pancreas

Declension

Declension of bukspottkörtel
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bukspottkörtel	bukspottkörteln	bukspottkörtlar	bukspottkörtlarna
Genitive	bukspottkörtels	bukspottkörtelns	bukspottkörtlars	bukspottkörtlarnas

Derived terms

• bukspottkörtelcancer (“pancreatic cancer”)

References

• bukspottkörtel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bukspottkörtel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH