insulin

noun/ˈɪnsəlɪn/

Frequency rank: #5,309 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A hormone produced by the pancreas that regulates the amount of glucose in the blood.

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Example sentence

People with diabetes often need to inject insulin to help regulate their blood sugar levels.

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