INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR

Meaning of INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR in English

a substance naturally produced by the body that has many of the same effects as growth hormone. There are 2 types, IGF-1 and IGF-2; a genetically engineered form of IGF-1 is under study as a therapy for AIDS-related wasting.

AIDS English Glossary. Английский словарь СПИДа. 2012

INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR — noun Date: 1976 either of two polypeptides structurally similar to insulin that are secreted either during fetal development or during …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ - noun : either of two polypeptides structurally similar to insulin that are secreted either during …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR — Date: 1976 : either of two polypeptides structurally similar to insulin that are secreted either during fetal development or during …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR — Function: noun Date: 1976 : either of two polypeptides structurally similar to insulin that are secreted either during fetal development …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
INSULIN — MedMaster
Drug information English vocab
INSULIN — noun Etymology: New Latin insula islet (of Langerhans), from Latin, island Date: 1914 a protein pancreatic hormone secreted by the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
INSULIN — Polypeptide hormone (see peptide ) that regulates blood glucose levels. Secreted by the islets of Langerhans (see Langerhans, islets of …
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
GROWTH — I. ˈgrōth noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English (Scots dialect) grouth, from Old Norse grōthr, grōthi, from grōa to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FACTOR — I. ˈfaktə(r) also -ˌtȯ(ə)r or -ȯ(ə) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English factour, from Middle French facteur, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INSULIN — ˈin(t)sələ̇n sometimes ˈin(t)slə̇n or ˈin(t)syəl- or ˈinshə- noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin insula + English -in : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIKE — like 1 — liker , n. /luyk/ , adj., ( Poetic ) liker, likest , prep., adv., conj., n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INSULIN — /in"seuh lin, ins"yeuh-/ , n. 1. Biochem. a polypeptide hormone, produced by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GROWTH — /grohth/ , n. 1. the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase. 2. size or stage …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FACTOR — — factorable , adj. — factorability , n. — factorship , n. /fak"teuhr/ , n. 1. one of the elements …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INSULIN — n. hormone which regulates the body's absorption of glucose and other nutrients; substance used as a treatment for diabetes (Pharmacology)
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FACTOR — I. ˈfak-tər noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French facteur, from Latin factor doer, from facere Date: 15th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INSULIN — noun Etymology: New Latin insula islet (of Langerhans), from Latin, island Date: 1914 : a protein pancreatic hormone secreted by …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GROWTH — noun Date: 1557 1. a. (1) : a stage in the process of growing : size (2) : full growth …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIKE — adj likely; probably. 2. like ·adj in a like or similar manner. 3. like ·vi to be pleased; to choose. …
Webster English vocab
GROWTH — noun that which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result. 2. growth ·noun the process of …
Webster English vocab
FACTOR — vt to resolve (a quantity) into its factors. 2. factor ·noun a steward or bailiff of an estate. 3. factor …
Webster English vocab
INSULIN — ■ noun Biochemistry a polypeptide pancreatic hormone which lowers glucose levels in the blood, a lack of which causes diabetes. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
INSULIN — [in.su.lin] n [NL insula islet (of Langerhans), fr. L, island] (1914): a protein pancreatic hormone secreted by the islets of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INSULIN — hormone that regulates the level of sugar (glucose) in the blood and is produced by the beta cells of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
GROWTH — the increases in cell size and number that take place during the life history of an organism. Additional reading General …
Britannica English vocabulary
INSULIN — insulin BrE AmE ˈɪn t s jʊl ɪn -jəl-, § -ən; § ˈɪn t ʃ ʊl-, - ə l- AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIKE — / laɪk; NAmE / preposition , verb , conjunction , noun , adjective , adverb ■ preposition 1. similar to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INSULIN — / ˈɪnsjəlɪn; NAmE -səl-/ noun [ U ] a chemical substance produced in the body that controls the amount of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GROWTH — / grəʊθ; NAmE groʊθ/ noun 1. [ U ] ( of people, animals or plants ) the process of growing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FACTOR — / ˈfæktə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] one of several things that cause or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIKE — I. like 1 S1 W1 /laɪk/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ like 6 ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INSULIN — in ‧ su ‧ lin /ˈɪnsjələn, ˈɪnsjʊlən $ ˈɪnsə-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Language: Latin ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GROWTH — growth S3 W1 /ɡrəʊθ $ ɡroʊθ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ grower , ↑ growth , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FACTOR — I. fac ‧ tor 1 S3 W1 AC /ˈfæktə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
INSULIN — n. Biochem. a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, regulating the amount of glucose in the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GROWTH — n. 1 the act or process of growing. 2 an increase in size or value. 3 something that has grown …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
INSULIN — n. Biochem. a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, regulating the amount of glucose in the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GROWTH — n. 1 the act or process of growing. 2 an increase in size or value. 3 something that has grown …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIKE — 1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) …
Oxford English vocab
INSULIN — n. Biochem. a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, regulating the amount of glucose in the …
Oxford English vocab
GROWTH — n.1 the act or process of growing. 2 an increase in size or value. 3 something that has grown or …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — I. PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES /laɪk, laɪk/ ( likes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INSULIN — Insulin is a substance that most people produce naturally in their body and which controls the level of sugar in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GROWTH — ( growths) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The growth of something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FACTOR — ( factors, factoring, factored) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A factor …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INSULIN — Insulin is a substance that most people produce naturally in their body and which controls the level of sugar in …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INSULIN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE human ▪ If human insulin does not cause a problem with hypoglycaemia awareness, what …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GROWTH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a growth forecast (= one relating to an increase in the value of goods or …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INSULIN — [noun] [U] - a hormone in the body which controls the amount of sugar in the blood and if not …
Cambridge English vocab
GROWTH — [noun] [U]The growth of a person, animal or plant is its process of increasing in size.Plant growth is most noticeable …
Cambridge English vocab
INSULIN — n. Polypeptide hormone (see peptide ) that regulates blood glucose levels. Secreted by the islets of Langerhans (see Langerhans, islets …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GROWTH — Synonyms and related words : about-face, abscess, access, accession, accomplishment, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, advancement, aggrandizement, ague, alchemy, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
INSULIN — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
INSULIN — noun Insulin is used before these nouns: ↑ injection , ↑ production
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIKE — See ↑ ENJOY 1, ↑ EXAMPLE 3, ↑ LIKE 1,7, ↑ WAY 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be just like • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — INDEX: things 1. to like something 2. to like something very much 3. to like something that could be bad …
Longman Activator English vocab
INSULIN — A hormone made by the islet cells of the pancreas. Insulin controls the amount of sugar in the blood.
English Dictionary of Medicine

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