Lectionary Calendar
Monday, November 4th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Encyclopedias
Sweetbread

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Sweet-Sop
Next Entry
Swellendam
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

a popular term for certain glands of animals, particularly when used as articles of food; these are usually the pancreas, the "stomach-sweetbread" of butchers, and the thymus, or "breast sweetbread." The term is also sometimes used to include the salivary and lymphatic glands (see Ductless Glands, Pancreas and Lymphatic System).

Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Sweetbread'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​s/sweetbread.html. 1910.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile