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insulin

胰岛素 胰島素 yí​dǎo​sù
insulin noun
a protein hormone secreted by the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas that regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates and promotes the absorption of glucose from the blood; its deficiency or abnormality leads to diabetes

Frequency

Movie subtitles
2.41 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
6.91 per million

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