pancreas
Rare abbreviation of 膵臓 (すいぞう). Used almost exclusively in medical or technical contexts, and even then the full form is preferred.
See also: 膵臓 (すいぞう)
The character 膵 is occasionally used as an abbreviation for pancreas in medical documents.
pancreatitis
pancreatic islets; islets of Langerhans
pancreatic juice
pancreatic cancer
A Japanese-coined kanji (国字) composed of 月 (flesh radical) and 萃 (gather), created in the Edo period to represent the pancreas. The reading すい is borrowed from the on'yomi of 萃.