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# insulin

«insulin» in Mova's school dictionary: **a hormone made by the pancreas that helps the body use…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (insulin — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that helps the body use sugar from food for energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulin/#m1)

2) Insulin is also a medicine that people with diabetes take to control the sugar in their blood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulin/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons, insulin is an example of a hormone; when the body does not make enough insulin, or does not use it well, a person has diabetes. Some pupils with diabetes check their blood sugar and take insulin by injection or pump at school; classmates should be kind and tell an adult if they seem unwell. Phrases: take insulin, insulin injection, insulin pump.

### examples

- Insulin helps your body use sugar for energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulin/#x1)
- People with type 1 diabetes need insulin every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulin/#x2)
- Mia wears an insulin pump at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulin/#x3)
- The nurse showed us how an insulin pen works. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulin/#x4)
- The pancreas makes insulin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulin/#x5)
- If someone with diabetes feels faint, tell an adult straight away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulin/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Do not confuse with «insulation» (material that keeps heat in). Diabetes is not catching and is not caused simply by eating sweets.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «insulin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.