Noun: insulin
| Singular | insulin |
| Plural | insulins |
Sample Sentences
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Mommy said that Grandma's diabetes happened because her body stopped making its own insulin.
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Ask a dozen persons to tell you what they know about insulin and you will get some surprising and contradictory answers. The truth is this: Insulin is not a cure for diabetes, but it is helping to prolong and gladden lives. [1926, The Survey Volume 56, 65]
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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. [2019, Associated Press, “Colorado law caps cost of insulin at $100 a month,” The Washington Times]
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And that’s not all – EGCG in matcha can help improve insulin sensitivity, which aids in blood sugar control, and may help to reduce inflammation related to Alzheimer’s disease. [2021 December 14, Lisa Drayer, “Delicious winter drinks to get you through the holidays and cold weather”, in CNN:]
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The advent of insulin in the mid-20th century changed the lives of millions of people with diabetes.
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A: What kind of insulin do you take? B: I use basal-bolus therapy, which in my case involves glargine and lispro.
Nouns inflected like insulin
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin īnsula (“island”) (named for the islets of Langerhans, where insulin is produced) + -in. See: Latin Nouns '
īnsula'.
Verbs referencing "insulin"
Dutch Nouns
insuline, Finnish Nouns
insuliini, Hungarian Nouns
inzulin.