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isophane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
iso-phane
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being of a certain ratio of protamine to insulin.

noun

Ellipsis of isophane insulin: one of various synthetic forms of insulin used to treat diabetes.

Uncountable

noun

Synonym of isophene (“a line drawn on a map through points where a given seasonal biological event occurs on the same date”).

Countable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From iso- (same) + -phane (“appearing”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

isophanes (plural)

Synonyms

NPH isophene

Questions

What does isophane mean?
Being of a certain ratio of protamine to insulin.
Where does isophane come from?
From iso- (same) + -phane (“appearing”).

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