Taber's Medical Dictionary
pancreatitis
(pang″krē-ă-tīt′ĭs )
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[ pancreat- + -itis ]
Inflammation of the pancreas, sometimes accompanied by damage to neighboring organs (such as the bowel, lungs, spleen, or stomach) or by a systemic inflammatory response.
SEE: acute pancreatitis ; SEE: chronic pancreatitis
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Pancreatitis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744381/all/pancreatitis.
Pancreatitis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744381/all/pancreatitis. Accessed April 17, 2026.
Pancreatitis. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744381/all/pancreatitis
Pancreatitis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 17]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744381/all/pancreatitis.
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