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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bukspottkörtel	bukspottkörtels
	definite	bukspottkörteln	bukspottkörtelns
plural	indefinite	bukspottkörtlar	bukspottkörtlars
	definite	bukspottkörtlarna	bukspottkörtlarnas

Derived terms

• bukspottkörtelcancer (“pancreatic cancer”)

References

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