Definitions for insulin

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insulin in·su·lin

Spelling: [in-suh-lin, ins-yuh-]

IPA: /ˈɪn sə lɪn, ˈɪns yə-/

Insulin is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in insulin (iilnnsu).

Definitions for insulin

noun

1. Biochemistry. a polypeptide hormone, produced by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas, that regulates the metabolism of glucose and other nutrients.
2. Pharmacology. any of several commercial preparations of this substance, each of which allows a particular rate of absorption into the system: genetically engineered or obtained from the pig or ox pancreas, and used in the treatment of diabetes to restore the normal ability of the body to utilize sugars and other carbohydrates.

Origin of insulin

First recorded in 1910-15; insul(a) + -in²

Examples for insulin

But that will take time--and insulin is one of those things that is hard to do without.

Claus maintained he was innocent, ultimately suggesting that his wife might have injected herself with insulin to lose weight.

And what if they are also a diabetic and are traveling with a syringe of what they say is insulin.

Ideally, insulin levels are only as high as “nature intended,” he writes.

Once we eat, insulin (which regulates the breakdown of fat) increases in our body.

And insulin stays high as long as blood sugar levels stay high—the direct result of eating a high-carbohydrate diet.

Hypoglycemia, or hyperinsulism, which affects perhaps as many as five million Americans, is caused by overproduction of insulin.

I ask: "What happens if several people come in on the same day for insulin?"

First, studies show too much sugar can lead to insulin resistance, which disrupts fertility.