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's syndrome
Pancoast syndrome
pancoast tumour
pancolectomy
pancratia
pancratic
pancratic
pancratium
pancratium
pancratiums
pancreas
pancreas
pancreases
pancreas accessorium
pancreas divisum
pancreas minus (current term)
pancreas transplantation
pancreat-
pancreatalgia
pancreatectomy
pancreatectomy
pancreatemphraxis
pancreatic
pancreatic
pancreatico-
pancreaticoduodenal
pancreaticoduodenal arterial arcades
pancreaticoduodenal lymph nodes
pancreaticoduodenal transplantation
pancreaticoduodenal veins

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