insulin

1. A polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism (in various animals including humans). (countable, uncountable) · Mommy said that Grandma's diabetes happened because her body stopped making its own insulin.
2. Any exogenous preparation of this hormone for use as a medication. (countable, uncountable) · The advent of insulin in the mid-20th century changed the lives of millions of people with diabetes.
3. Any exogenous preparation of this hormone or its analogues for use as a medication. (countable, uncountable) · A: What kind of insulin do you take? B: I use basal-bolus therapy, which in my case involves glargine and lispro.

Plural insulins