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insulin

noun
🔊/ˈɪnsjəlɪn/
🔊/ˈɪnsəlɪn/
[uncountable]
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  1. a chemical substance produced in the body that controls the amount of sugar in the blood (by influencing the rate at which it is removed); a similar artificial substance given to people whose bodies do not produce enough naturally胰岛素
    • insulin-dependent diabetes胰岛素依赖型糖尿病
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryInsulin is used before these nouns:
    • injection
    • production
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    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Latin insula ‘island’ + -in.