Insulin etymology

English

English word insulin comes from Latin insula (island), and is so named after the islets of Langerhans, distinctive regions of tissue in the pancreas, which contain its endocrine cells, and where insulin is produced

Etymology of insulin

Detailed word origin of insulin

Dictionary entry Language Definition
insula Latin (lat) Island. (Here related to the islets of Langerhans, distinctive regions of tissue in the pancreas, where insulin is produced.
insulin English (en) A polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism.

Words with the same origin as insulin

Descendants of insula

isolate

Descendants of flagellar

calcium