insulin

insulin

See also: Insulin

English

Etymology

From Latin īnsula (“island”) (named for the islets of Langerhans, where insulin is produced) +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsjʊlin/, /ˈɪnʃʊlɪn/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsəlɪn/
• Hyphenation: in‧su‧lin

Noun

insulin (countable and uncountable, plural insulins)

1. A polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism (in various animals including humans).
   • 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.

   • 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.

2. Any exogenous preparation of this hormone for use as a medication.
3. (broadly) Any exogenous preparation of this hormone or its analogues for use as a medication.

Coordinate terms

• glucagon
• insulin analogue

Derived terms

• insulinase
• insulinemia
• insulinic
• insulinization
• insulinlike
• insulin-like growth factor / IGF
• insulinogenesis
• insulinogenic
• insulinogogue
• insulinopathy
• insulinopenic
• insulinostatic
• insulinotropic
• insulin shock therapy
• noninsulin
• proinsulin

 

Translations

polypeptide hormone

Afrikaans: insulien Albanian: insulina Arabic: إِنْسُولِين‎ m (ʾinsulin) Armenian: ինսուլին (hy) (insulin) Asturian: insulina Basque: intsulina Belarusian: інсулі́н m (insulín) Bulgarian: инсули́н m (insulín) Catalan: insulina (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 胰島素／胰岛素 (zh) (yídǎosù) Czech: inzulin (cs), inzulín (cs) m Danish: insulin (da) Dhivehi: އިންސިޔުލިން‎ (in̊siyulin̊) Dutch: insuline (nl) m Esperanto: insulino Estonian: insuliin Finnish: insuliini (fi) French: insuline (fr) f Galician: insulina f Georgian: ინსულინი (insulini) German: Insulin (de) n Greek: ινσουλίνη (el) f (insoulíni) Hebrew: אינסולין‎ (he) m (insulin) Hindi: मधुसूदनी (hi) (madhusūdnī) Hungarian: inzulin (hu) Icelandic: insúlín (is), eyjavaki m Indonesian: insulin (id) Irish: inslin Italian: insulina (it) f Japanese: インスリン (insurin), インシュリン (ja) (inshurin) Kapampangan: insulin Kazakh: инсулин (insulin) Khmer: អាំងស៊ុយលីន (ʼangsuyliin) Korean: 인슐린 (insyullin) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: însulîn Latin: insulinum Latvian: insulīns Lithuanian: insulinas Macedonian: инсулин (insulin) Malay: insulin Malayalam: ഇൻസുലിൻ (iṉsuliṉ) Maori: taiaki huka Norwegian: Bokmål: insulin n Nynorsk: insulin n Occitan: insulina f Persian: انسولین‎ (fa) (ansolin) Polish: insulina (pl) f Portuguese: insulina (pt) f Romanian: insulină (ro) Russian: инсули́н (ru) m (insulín) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: инсулин m, инзулин Roman: insulin m, inzulin (sh) Slovak: inzulín m Slovene: insulin m Spanish: insulina (es) f Sundanese: insulin Swedish: insulin (sv) n Thai: อินซูลิน (th) (insoolin) Turkish: insülin (tr) Ukrainian: інсулі́н m (insulín) Urdu: جزیرین‎ Vietnamese: insulin (vi) Yiddish: אינסולין‎ (insulin)

Anagrams

• inulins

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin insula +‎ -in.

Noun

insulin n (definite singular insulinet, uncountable)

1. insulin

References

• “insulin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “insulin” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin insula +‎ -in.

Noun

insulin n (definite singular insulinet, uncountable)

1. insulin

References

• “insulin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.