insulin

Definitions


[ˈɪnsjʊlɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood. The lack of insulin causes a form of diabetes


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Origin:
early 20th century: from Latin insula ‘island’ + -in




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