insulin
/ˈɪnsjʊlɪn/noun
mass noun
1- Biochemistry 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.【生化】胰岛素。
1.1
- an animal-derived or synthetic form of this substance used to treat diabetes(治疗糖尿病的)动物胰岛素; 人工合成胰岛素。
词源
early 20th cent.: from Latin insula 'island' +-IN1.