English Explanatory Dictionary

isophane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Being of a certain ratio of protamine to insulin.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of isophane insulin: one of various synthetic forms of insulin used to treat diabetes.
  2. Synonym of isophene (“a line drawn on a map through points where a given seasonal biological event occurs on the same date”).

Word forms

isophane isophanes

Etymology

From iso- (same) + -phane (“appearing”).

Synonyms

NPH isophene
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