What part of speech is insulin?

Insulin can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. insulin is a noun, singular of insulins.

Inflections

Noun

What does insulin mean?

Definitions

Noun

insulin - hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells

Examples of insulin

#   Sentence  
1. noun The insulin was making her fat.
2. noun Damn, where's her daily dose of insulin?
3. noun Insulin is in the medicine chest.
4. noun The syringe is the instrument most commonly used to administer insulin.
5. noun Have you been keeping up a normal diet since the last shot of insulin?
6. noun The pancreas is a large gland that produces insulin.
7. noun The pancreas produces enzymes as well as insulin.
8. noun Countless lives have been saved by insulin.
9. noun Apart from insulin, the pancreas also produces enzymes.
Sentence  
noun
The insulin was making her fat.
Damn, where's her daily dose of insulin?
Insulin is in the medicine chest.
The syringe is the instrument most commonly used to administer insulin.
Have you been keeping up a normal diet since the last shot of insulin?
The pancreas is a large gland that produces insulin.
The pancreas produces enzymes as well as insulin.
Countless lives have been saved by insulin.
Apart from insulin, the pancreas also produces enzymes.

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