insulin的词源

英文词源

insulin

insulin: [20] Insulin, a hormone which promotes the utilization of blood sugar, was first isolated in 1921 by F G Banting and C H Best. Its name, which was inspired by the fact that insulin is secreted by groups of cells known as the islets of Langerhans (insula is Latin for ‘island’), was actually coined in French around 1909, and was independently proposed in English on a couple of further occasions before the substance itself was anything more than a hypothesis.
=> isle, peninsula

insulin (n.)

1922 (earlier insuline, 1914), coined in English from Latin insula "island," so called because the hormone is secreted by the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. Insuline was coined independently in French in 1909.

中文词源

insulin：胰岛素

因提取于人体胰脏内的的胰岛细胞分泌物而得名，主要用于糖尿病治疗。

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insulin：胰岛素  

词根词缀： -insul-岛 + -in生化医药名,…素,…精