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ISLET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small island
Synonyms:
isle; islet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Instance hyponyms:
Perejil (a small uninhabited Mediterranean islet claimed by both Morocco and Spain)
Isle of Wight; Wight (an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel)
Derivation:
isle (a small island)
Context examples:
“The anchorage is on the south, behind an islet, I fancy?” asked the captain.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Cancer arising from cells in the islets of Langerhans, which are found in the pancreas.
(Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)
A malignant endocrine neoplasm arising from islets of Langerhans of the pancreas.
(Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Some examples of neuroendocrine tumors are carcinoid tumors, islet cell tumors, medullary thyroid carcinomas, pheochromocytomas, and neuroendocrine carcinomas of the skin (Merkel cell cancer).
(Neuroendocrine Neoplasm, NCI Dictionary)
Also called islet cell tumor and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor.
(Pancreatic endocrine tumor, NCI Dictionary)
The transference of pancreatic islets within an individual, between individuals of the same species, or between individuals of different species.
(Pancreatic Islet Transplantation, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Islet amyloid polypeptide (89 aa, ~10 kDa) is encoded by the human IAPP gene.
(Islet Amyloid Polypeptide, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the islet cell 512 antigen in a biological specimen.
(Islet Cell 512 Antigen Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
This agent also inhibits insulin release by interacting with ATP-sensitive potassium channels of pancreatic islet beta-cells.
(Diazoxide, NCI Thesaurus)
The pancreatic tissue that contains the islets of Langerhans.
(Endocrine Pancreas, NCI Thesaurus)
