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adj
Being of a certain ratio of protamine to insulin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Ellipsis of isophane insulin: one of various synthetic forms of insulin used to treat diabetes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: NPH
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of isophene (“a line drawn on a map through points where a given seasonal biological event occurs on the same date”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: isophene
Antonyms: none provided
History
From iso- (same) + -phane (“appearing”).
