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insulin

 
Noun insulin has 1 sense
  1. insulin - hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells
    --1 is a kind of
    hormone, endocrine, internal secretion; hypoglycemic agent, hypoglycaemic agent
    --1 has particulars:
     Lente Insulin, Lente Iletin; recombinant human insulin, Humulin
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