Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

human insulin

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables
hu-man in-sulin
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of regular insulin.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

human insulins (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

insulin analogue

Synonyms

regular insulin

Questions

What does human insulin mean?
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.

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