islets of Langerhans

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Distinctive regions of tissue in the pancreas, which contain its endocrine cells. plural,plural-normally
    — Edward Sharpey-Schäfer determined that the substance necessary for carbohydrate metabolism was produced in the Islets of Langerhans, naming this new substance ‘insuline’ after the Latin insula (island).

词形变化

islet of Langerhans singular

词源

Translating French îlots de Langerhans; named after Paul Langerhans, the German anatomist who discovered these regions in the pancreas.
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