bukspottkörtel
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From bukspott (“pancreatic juice”) + körtel (“gland”). Cognate with Danish bugspytkirtel, Norwegian bukspyttkjertel. First attested in 1860.
Noun
bukspottkörtel c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | bukspottkörtel | bukspottkörtels |
| definite | bukspottkörteln | bukspottkörtelns | |
| plural | indefinite | bukspottkörtlar | bukspottkörtlars |
| definite | bukspottkörtlarna | bukspottkörtlarnas |
Derived terms
- bukspottkörtelcancer (“pancreatic cancer”)