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Insulin vs Insulinoma - What's the difference?

insulin | insulinoma |

As nouns the difference between insulin and insulinoma

is that insulin is a polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism while insulinoma is a tumour of the pancreas that secretes insulin.

insulin

English

(wikipedia insulin)

Noun

  • A polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism.

    • Derived terms

    * insulin-like growth factor / IGF

    insulinoma

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia insulinoma) (en-noun)
  • (medicine) A tumour of the pancreas that secretes insulin