a chemical substance produced in the body that controls the amount of sugar in the blood (by influencing the rate at which it is removed); a similar artificial substance given to people whose bodies do not produce enough naturally 胰岛素 insulin-dependent diabetes 胰岛素依赖型糖尿病
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInsulin is used before these nouns:- injection
- production
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Latin insula ‘island’ + -in.