Etymology
of Arabic words: the word بنكرياس
(benkrias?)means
pancreas(medical
term) and is a loan word from the greek language. The greek word is
πάγκρεας
and is composed from
παν/pan- "all" + κρεας/kreas "flesh. In
Turkish they use the word pankreas.
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