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 (zh), 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 (ïnswlïn)

• Korean: 인슐린 (insyullin)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: însulîn

• Latin: insulinum
• Latvian: insulīns
• Lithuanian: insulinas
• Macedonian: инсулин (insulin)
• Malay: insulin
• Malayalam: ഇന്‍സുലിന്‍ (in‍sulin‍)
• 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.