old term for pancreas
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old term for pancreas
archaicHistorical anatomical term that is no longer in common clinical use. The modern standard term is 胰 (yí) or 胰腺 (yí xiàn). It specifically refers to the glandular organ.
Zài在
yī一
xiē些
jiù旧
yī医
shū书
zhōng中
，
cuì膵
zàng脏
zhǐ指
de的
jiù就
shì是
xiàn现
zài在
de的
yí胰
。
In some old medical books, 'cuìzàng' refers to what is now called the pancreas.
Zhè这
ge个
shù术
yǔ语
yǐ已
jīng经
guò过
shí时
，
xiàn现
dài代
yī医
xué学
tǒng统
yī一
shǐ使
yòng用
“
yí胰
xiàn腺
”
。
This term is outdated; modern medicine uniformly uses 'pancreas'.