insulin

Etymology
From (named for the islets of Langerhans, where insulin is produced).

Noun

 * 1) A polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism (in various animals including humans).
 * 2) * 1926, The Survey Volume 56, 65:
 * Ask a dozen persons to tell you what they know about insulin and you will get some surprising and contradictory an- swers. The truth is this: Insulin is not a cure for diabetes, but it is helping to prolong and gladden lives.
 * 1) * 2019, Associated Press, “Colorado law caps cost of insulin at $100 a month,” The Washington Times:
 * Nationally the average insulin price nearly tripled from 2002 through 2013, and prices have risen 10% or more a year since then, forcing many diabetics to ration their insulin.
 * 1) Any exogenous preparation of this hormone for use as a medication.
 * 2)  Any exogenous preparation of this hormone or its analogues for use as a medication.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: insulien
 * Albanian: insulina
 * Arabic: إِنْسُولِين
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: insulina
 * Basque: intsulina
 * Belarusian: інсулі́н
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: အင်ဆူလင်
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dhivehi: އިންސިޔުލިން
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: insulino
 * Estonian: insuliin
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: insulina
 * Georgian: ინსულინი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, eyjavaki
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: inslin
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: インスリン,
 * Kapampangan: insulin
 * Kazakh: инсулин
 * Khmer: អាំងស៊ុយលីន
 * Korean: 인슐린
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: însulîn
 * Latin: insulinum
 * Latvian: insulīns
 * Lithuanian: insulinas
 * Macedonian: инсулин
 * Malay: insulin
 * Malayalam: ഇന്‍സുലിന്‍
 * Maori: taiaki huka
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: insulin
 * Nynorsk: insulin
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: инсулин, инзулин
 * Roman: insulin,
 * Slovak: inzulín
 * Slovene: insulin
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese: insulin
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: інсулі́н
 * Urdu: جزیرین
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: אינסולין

Etymology
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Etymology
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