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human insulin

human insulin noun: the insulin produced by (the pancreas of) the human body, as contrasted with porcine insulin, bovine insulin, murine insulin, or other animalian forms, which are in some cases slightly different molecularly.

Noun

human insulin (countable and uncountable, plural human insulins)

  1. The insulin produced by (the pancreas of) the human body, as contrasted with porcine insulin, bovine insulin, murine insulin, or other animalian forms, which are in some cases slightly different molecularly.
  2. (often, health care) Synonym of regular insulin.
    Synonyms:
    regular insulin

Synonyms of human insulin

Forms of human insulin

pluralhuman insulins

Questions about human insulin

What does human insulin mean?
Human insulin means the insulin produced by (the pancreas of) the human body, as contrasted with porcine insulin, bovine insulin, murine insulin, or other animalian forms, which are in some cases slightly different molecularly.
What part of speech is human insulin?
Human insulin is a noun.
What is the plural of human insulin?
The plural of human insulin is human insulins.

Words near human insulin in the dictionary

  1. human immune deficiency viruses
  2. human immunodeficiency virus
  3. human immunodeficiency virus 1
  4. human immunodeficiency virus 2
  5. human immunodeficiency viruses
  6. human insulin
  7. human insulins
  8. human intelligence
  9. human interest
  10. human interest stories
  11. human interest story

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