insulin
144
3.7
- noun
- /ˈɪnsəlɪn/
- Specialized
:
insulina
- She wouldn't have left the building without her insulin.
- insulin injections
- insulin levels
- insulin pump
Isn't that where she keeps her insulin now?
- Isn't that where she keeps her insulin now?
- They play a key role in the release of insulin from the pancreas.
- The point is insulin does stuff by itself and it turns out insulin drives growth.
- Therefore it keeps your serum insulin levels normal.
- We want a low normal insulin, right?
- So sleep, weight loss sleep does affect insulin levels as well.
- So when your blood sugar rises, insulin rises.
- These patients usually have insulin resistance, which make gain weight.
- So, Doctor Sam, how do you fix insulin resistance naturally?
- So I love that and you were insulin sensitive going into the holidays.
- So we're having better insulin and glucose control.
Examples
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They're running blood sugars and insulin levels that are abnormal.
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She had to inject herself with insulin every day.
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As you do that, you will need less and less insulin with each day.
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This means when insulin is high, you cannot burn fat.
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What is the critical signal that causes insulin to get released?
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- I need to pick up some more insulin.
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For the person with diabetes, starting insulin is just the beginning.
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Which is what happens when you don't take your insulin for a few days.
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He didn't take his insulin.
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When a person has diabetes, they need to take insulin to help regulate their blood sugar levels.
Synonyms
1
8.2
A hormone from the pancreas that helps control blood sugar levels
Compounds
- Specialized
1
6.0
A condition when blood sugar becomes very low after too much insulin, causing fainting
- Specialized
1
7.2
A severe effect or treatment using too much insulin that causes uncontrolled shaking and coma
- Specialized
A brand name for a medium-acting insulin that helps control blood sugar in diabetes
- Archaic
A past treatment for mental illness that used large insulin doses to cause fits and coma
- Archaic
A medical treatment that uses large doses of insulin to cause seizures and coma, formerly used for serious mental illness
A long-term disease in which the body cannot make insulin and needs injections to control blood sugar
- Archaic
A long-term illness where the body cannot use sugar properly and is often managed by diet and exercise
A long illness in adults that causes high blood sugar and usually does not need insulin injections
- Specialized
A man-made insulin like the one the human body makes that doctors use to treat diabetes
How Effective
- Specialized
144
3.7
- Specialized
1
8.7
- Specialized
1
4.1
- Specialized
61
6.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Insulin comes from the Latin insula, meaning 'island'. Scientists found this hormone in tiny groups of cells in the pancreas called 'islets', so the name reminds us that these small 'islands' make the hormone that controls blood sugar.