insulin
insulin
Definition
in·su·lin (in′sə lin)
noun
- a protein hormone secreted by the islets of Langerhans, in the pancreas, which helps the body use sugar and other carbohydrates
- a preparation extracted from the pancreas of sheep, oxen, etc. and used hypodermically in the treatment of diabetes mellitus
Etymology: < L insula, island (see isle) + -in: in allusion to the islets of Langerhans
insulin
Usage Examples
Preposition: from
- pancreas: This drug causes production and release of insulin from the pancreas.
Converse of object
- inhale: Inhaled insulins are expected to play an important role in expanding the insulin market.
- longer-act: Your doctor may tell you to use Humalog Pen as well as a longer-acting insulin.
- inject: Holly has to inject insulin several times a day to keep her blood sugar levels under control.
- secrete: This causes cells to store or release calcium which, for example, is the main signal to secrete insulin.
Adjective modifier
- fast-acting: In this test, blood is drawn to measure the blood glucose and cortisol levels, followed by an injection of fast-acting insulin.
- short-acting: Concomitant antidiabetic treatment may need to be adjusted ( dose and timing of concurrent short-acting insulins ).
- soluble: It works very quickly and lasts a shorter time than soluble insulin ( 2 to 5 hours ).
- subcutaneous: Development of such antibodies is seen more commonly in patients treated with EXUBERA compared to subcutaneous insulin.
- porcine: Uses Caninsulin is an intermediate acting insulin product containing porcine insulin, which is structurally identical to canine insulin.
- biphasic: Mixtard 30 is one of the commonly used biphasic insulins.
Modifies a noun
- secretion: This arises from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action or both.
- lispro: Insulin lispro is closely related to human insulin which is a natural hormone made by the pancreas.
- resistance: Insulin Resistance May Be Your Problem Can't Lose Weight?
- injection: People with type 1 diabetes will require insulin injections for the rest of their life.
- detemir: Insulin detemir is a soluble, long-acting basal insulin analog with a prolonged duration of effect.
- sensitivity: By contrast, no effects on body weight gain or insulin sensitivity were observed in female offspring.
Noun used with modifier
- hormone: The body cannot control the sugar in the blood due to the lack of the hormone insulin... .
- serum: No correlation was found between baseline serum insulin and VEGF levels.
- plasma: The improved glycaemic control is associated with a reduction in both fasting and postprandial plasma insulin concentrations.
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