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insulin analogues

insulin analogues is the plural of insulin analogue.

Meaning of insulin analogue

Noun

insulin analogue (plural insulin analogues)

  1. Any of several molecular analogues of endogenous insulin with similar insulin receptor ligand activity but suitable for differing time spans of bioavailability and action; produced recombinantly and used as medications in treating diabetes; often metonymically just called insulin, the molecular modifications notwithstanding.

Questions about insulin analogues

What is insulin analogues the plural of?
Insulin analogues is the plural of insulin analogue.

Words near insulin analogues in the dictionary

  1. insulator
  2. insulators
  3. insulatory
  4. insulin
  5. insulin analogue
  6. insulin analogues
  7. insulin aspart
  8. insulin degludec
  9. insulin detemir
  10. insulin glargine
  11. insulin glulisine

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