LANGERHANS

Meaning of LANGERHANS in English

Langerhans BrE AmE ˈlæŋ ə hænz -hæn t s AmE ˈlɑːŋ ə r hɑːnz -hɑːn t s —German [ ˈlaŋ ɐ han t s \]

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LANGERHANS — n. family name; Paul Langerhans (1847-1888) German anatomist and medical doctor
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LANGERHANS CELL — noun Etymology: Paul Langerhans died 1888 German physician Date: 1890 a cell that is found in the epidermis and functions …
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ISLET OF LANGERHANS — Etymology: Paul Langerhans died 1888 German physician Date: 1896 any of the groups of small slightly granular endocrine cells that …
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LANGERHANS, ISLETS OF — or islands of Langerhans Irregularly shaped patches of endocrine tissue in the pancreas . The normal human pancreas has about …
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LANGERHANS CELL — ˈläŋə(r)ˌhän(t)s- noun Usage: usually capitalized L Etymology: after Paul Langerhans died 1888 German physician : a cell having slender cytoplasmic …
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ISLET OF LANGERHANS — -ˈläŋə(r)ˌhän(t)s, -hänz Usage: usually capitalized L Etymology: after Paul Langerhans died 1888 German physician : any of the groups of …
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ISLAND OF LANGERHANS — Usage: usually capitalized L Etymology: after Paul Langerhans died 1888 — more at islet of langerhans : islet of langerhans
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AREA OF LANGERHANS — Usage: usually capitalized L : islet of langerhans
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ISLET OF LANGERHANS — /lahng"euhr hahns', -hahnz', lahng"geuhr-/ , Anat. any of several masses of endocrine cells in the pancreas that secrete insulin, somatostatin, …
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LANGERHANS CELL — noun Etymology: Paul Langerhans died 1888 German physician Date: 1890 : a cell that is found in the epidermis and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ISLET OF LANGERHANS — Etymology: Paul Langerhans died 1888 German physician Date: 1896 : any of the groups of small slightly granular endocrine cells …
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ISLETS OF LANGERHANS — [ 'laŋəhanz ] ■ plural noun groups of pancreatic cells secreting insulin and glucagon. Origin C19: named after the German …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ISLET OF LANGERHANS — [islet of Lang.er.hans] [Paul Langerhans d. 1888 Ger. physician] (1896): any of the groups of small slightly granular endocrine cells …
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LANGERHANS, ISLETS OF — also called Islands Of Langerhans, irregularly shaped patches of endocrine tissue located within the pancreas of most vertebrates. They are …
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LANGERHANS, ISLETS OF — or islands of Langerhans Irregularly shaped patches of endocrine tissue in the pancreas . The normal human pancreas has about …
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TYPE 1 DIABETES — noun Date: 1982 a form of diabetes mellitus that usually develops during childhood or adolescence and is characterized by a …
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ISLET — noun Date: 1538 a little island, ~ of Langerhans
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INSULIN — noun Etymology: New Latin insula islet (of Langerhans), from Latin, island Date: 1914 a protein pancreatic hormone secreted by the …
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GLUCAGON — noun see: agent Date: 1923 a protein hormone that is produced especially by the islets of Langerhans and that promotes …
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BETA CELL — noun Date: 1926 any of the insulin-secreting pancreatic cells in the islets of Langerhans
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INSULIN — Polypeptide hormone (see peptide ) that regulates blood glucose levels. Secreted by the islets of Langerhans (see Langerhans, islets of …
Английский словарь Британика
DIABETES MELLITUS — Disorder of insufficient production of or reduced sensitivity to insulin . Insulin, synthesized in the islets of Langerhans (see Langerhans, …
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B CELL — Biol. 1. Also called B lymphocyte . a type of lymphocyte, developed in bone marrow, that circulates in the blood …
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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
INSULIN — [in.su.lin] n [NL insula islet (of Langerhans), fr. L, island] (1914): a protein pancreatic hormone secreted by the islets of …
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PANCREAS — compound gland common to all vertebrates, functioning both as an exocrine gland discharging digestive enzymes into the gut and as …
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ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, HUMAN
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INSULIN — n. Polypeptide hormone (see peptide ) that regulates blood glucose levels. Secreted by the islets of Langerhans (see Langerhans, islets …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DIABETES MELLITUS — Disorder of insufficient production of or reduced sensitivity to insulin . Insulin, synthesized in the islets of Langerhans (see Langerhans, …
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ПАНКРЕАТИЧЕСКИЙ ОСТРОВОК — 1) island of Langerhans 2) pancreatic island 3) Langerhans islet, pancreatic islet
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ОСТРОВОК ЛАНГЕРГАНСА — 1) island of Langerhans 2) pancreatic island 3) Langerhans islet, pancreatic islet
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