INSULIN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas
   • regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells
   Hypernyms(s) insulin is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hormone (what does hormone mean?)
   • endocrine (what does endocrine mean?)
   • internal secretion (what does internal secretion mean?)
   • hypoglycemic agent (what does hypoglycemic agent mean?)
   • hypoglycaemic agent (what does hypoglycaemic agent mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Lente Insulin (what does Lente Insulin mean?)
   • Lente Iletin (what does Lente Iletin mean?)
   • recombinant human insulin (what does recombinant human insulin mean?)
   • Humulin (what does Humulin mean?)