Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - insulin
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Insulin
insulin
noun Etymology: New Latin insula islet (of Langerhans), from Latin, island Date: 1914 a protein pancreatic hormone secreted by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans that is essential especially for the metabolism of carbohydrates and the regulation of glucose levels in the blood and that when insufficiently produced results in diabetes mellitus
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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 ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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Insulin is a substance that most people produce naturally in their body and which controls the level of sugar in their blood. In diabetes the body produces insufficient insulin. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n a substance produced naturally by your body which allows sugar to be used for energy (- see also diabetes) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1922, coined in Eng. from L. insula "island," so called because the hormone is secreted by the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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