islet

[US]/'aɪlɪt/
[UK]/'aɪlət/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a small island; a small piece of land that is surrounded by water

Phrases & Collocations

uninhabited islet

remote islet

islet cell

pancreas islet

pancreatic islet

Example Sentences

islets visible at low tide .

rocky islets off the coast.

islets of Langerhans(=islands of Langerhans)

paxillin; islet formation; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; genechip

There is little connective in the peripheryof the pancreas islet,so endocrine portion contacts suff...

Our results provide evidence that small islets are superior to large islets with regard to in vitro insulin secretion and show a higher survival rate during both normoxic and hypoxic culture.

The TZDs improve insulin secretory capacity, decrease ß-cell apoptosis, and reduce islet cell amyloid with maintenance of neogenesis.

Bora Bora is a tall, high green mountain surrounded by a ring of small 16)islets called Motus.

Quan Zhou City Jin Jiang City lotus islet gold pit beehouse asks about: Is the bee to do in dancing on nest spleen?

Quan Zhou City Jin Jiang City lotus islet gold pit beehouse asks about: Is the bee scope of operation in several square kilometers woollen cloth?

In vitro antigen presentation assays, in vivo administration of the bromodeoxyuridine coupled to flow cytometry assays assessed intra-islet T cell activation in the absence or presence of B cells.

In conclusion, LBP possess the action of lowing blood glucose, improving morphogeny and function of pancreatic islet B cells and increasing the secretion of insulin in NIDDM mice.

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