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Word: Insulin
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 20th century: from Latin insula ‘island’ + -in
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɪnsjʊlɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
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.
Short Definition:hormone produced in pancreas by islets of Langerhans
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