islets of Langerhans en · NOUN
Etymology
Translating French îlots de Langerhans; named after Paul Langerhans, the German anatomist who discovered these regions in the pancreas.
Meanings
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(plural, plural-normally) Distinctive regions of tissue in the pancreas, which contain its endocrine cells.
Edward Sharpey-Schäfer determined that the substance necessary for carbohydrate metabolism was produced in the Islets of Langerhans, naming this new substance ‘insuline’ after the Latin insula (island).
1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 545:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| islet of Langerhans | Number=Sing | lexicographic |
Translations (14)
ja 膵島 (regions in the pancreas) · de Langerhans-Inseln (regions in the pancreas) · km អ៊ីឡូឡង់សេរ៉ង់ (regions in the pancreas) · km អ៊ីឡូឡង់កេរ៉ង់ (regions in the pancreas) · ar جُزَيْرَاتُ لَنْكَرْهَنْسَ (regions in the pancreas) · tr Langerhans adacıkları (regions in the pancreas) · ro insulele lui Langerhans (regions in the pancreas) · fr îlots de Langerhans (regions in the pancreas) · pl wysepki Langerhansa (regions in the pancreas) · ja ランゲルハンス島 (regions in the pancreas) · cy ynysoedd Langerhans (regions in the pancreas) · ga insíní Langerhans (regions in the pancreas) · cmn 胰島 /胰岛 (regions in the pancreas) · hu Langerhans-szigetek (regions in the pancreas)