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

Noun

insulin (countable and uncountable, plural insulins)

A polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism.

Derived terms

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
Chinese:
Mandarin: 胰島素 (zh), 胰岛素 (zh) (yídǎosù)
Czech: inzulin (cs), inzulín (cs) m
Danish: insulin (da)
Dhivehi: އިންސިޔުލިން‎ (insiyulin)
Dutch: insuline (nl) m
Esperanto: insulino
Estonian: insuliin
Finnish: insuliini (fi)
French: insuline (fr) f
Galician: insulina
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

Korean: 인슐린 (insyullin)
Kurdish: însulîn (ku)
Latin: insulinum
Latvian: insulīns
Lithuanian: insulinas
Macedonian: инсулин (insulin)
Malay: insulin
Malayalam: ഇന്‍സുലിന്‍ (in‍sulin‍)
Maori: taiaki huka
Norwegian: insulin
Norwegian Nynorsk: insulin
Occitan: insulina
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)
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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