Insulin



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 胰岛素
• ［类］ insulin : pancreas / bile : liver ( 胰脏分泌胰岛素 / 肝脏分泌胆汁)
• ［记］ insul ( 岛) +in ( 素)

Webster Collegiate

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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