insulin
pronunciation
How to pronounce insulin in British English:
UK [ˈɪnsjəlɪn]
How to pronounce insulin in American English:
US [ˈɪnsəlɪn]
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- Noun:
- hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells
Word Origin
- insulin
- insulin: [20] Insulin, a hormone which promotes the utilization of blood sugar, was first isolated in 1921 by F G Banting and C H Best. Its name, which was inspired by the fact that insulin is secreted by groups of cells known as the islets of Langerhans (insula is Latin for ‘island’), was actually coined in French around 1909, and was independently proposed in English on a couple of further occasions before the substance itself was anything more than a hypothesis.=> isle, peninsula
- insulin (n.)
- 1922 (earlier insuline, 1914), coined in English from Latin insula "island," so called because the hormone is secreted by the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. Insuline was coined independently in French in 1909.
Example
- 1. Pfizer will license insulin products from india 's biocon .
- 2. Abnormal insulin levels cause diabetes .
- 3. Diabetics had no refrigerators to store insulin .
- 4. On some occasions , insulin may be prescribed .
- 5. A male whose insulin receptors were normal ate 2.8 grams .