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insulitis

insulitis noun: inflammation of the islands of Langerhans.

Noun

insulitis (uncountable)

  1. inflammation of the islands of Langerhans

Origin of insulitis

From Latin insula (“island”) + -itis.

Questions about insulitis

What does insulitis mean?
Insulitis means inflammation of the islands of Langerhans.
What part of speech is insulitis?
Insulitis is a noun.

Words near insulitis in the dictionary

  1. insulinotropin
  2. insulinotropins
  3. insulinotropism
  4. insulins
  5. insulite
  6. insulitis
  7. insulize
  8. insulized
  9. insulizes
  10. insulizing
  11. insuloma

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