insulin
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insulin
- /ˈɪnsjʊlin/ UK
- /ˈɪnʃʊlɪn/ UK
- /ˈɪnsəlɪn/ US
- /ˈɪnsəlɪn/ General South African
- /ˈɪnʃʊlɪn/ General South African
Where it comes from
From Latin īnsula (“island”) (named for the islets of Langerhans, where insulin is produced) + -in.
noun insulins
- A polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism (in various animals including humans). Mommy said that Grandma's diabetes happened because her body stopped making its own insulin.
- Any exogenous preparation of this hormone for use as a medication. The advent of insulin in the mid-20th century changed the lives of millions of people with diabetes.
- Any exogenous preparation of this hormone or its analogues for use as a medication. A: What kind of insulin do you take? B: I use basal-bolus therapy, which in my case involves glargine and lispro.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lente, inulin, dependent, glucagon, glucose, glucagons, isophane, glucoses, humalog, noninsulin, diabetes, proinsulin, insulinemia, insulinotropic, lispro, hyperinsulinemia
Translations
Every language
noun polypeptide hormone
| Español | insulina |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 인슐린 insyullin |
| 日本語 | インスリン insurin, インシュリン inshurin |
| 中文 | 胰島素 /胰岛素 yídǎosù |
| हिन्दी | मधुसूदनी madhusūdnī |
| Português | insulina |
| Français | insuline |
| Deutsch | Insulin |
| Italiano | insulina |
| Ελληνικά | ινσουλίνη insoulíni |
| Română | insulină |
| Русский | инсули́н insulín |
| Tiếng Việt | insulin |
| العربية | إِنْسُولِين ʔinsulin |
| עברית | אינסולין insulin |
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