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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun insulin has 1 sense
- insulin(n = noun.body) Array - hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells; Array is a kind of endocrine, hormone, internal secretion, hypoglycaemic agent, hypoglycemic agent
has particulars: lente iletin, lente insulin, humulin, recombinant human insulin
OXFORD DICTIONARY
insulin, n. Biochem. a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, regulating the amount of glucose in the blood and the lack of which causes diabetes.
Etymology
L insula island + -IN
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