Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very small island.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little isle or island.
- noun Any small spot or space surrounded by something of different character or color: as, an islet of verdure in a desert; the islets on an insect's wing.
- noun An isolated piece of organic tissue; a cluster of cells; specifically, one of the islands of Langerhans.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A little island.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
small island
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small island
Etymologies
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Examples
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This is the second of a two-part interview with Dr. Camillo Ricordi, Scientific Director at the University of Miami's Diabetes Research Institute, and one of the world's leading scientists in islet cell transplantation.
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When the king wanted to buy a certain islet in the lagoon from the chief priest, McAllister said no.
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CR: The experts in islet cell technologies at the university were using a different protocol so I couldn't test my idea for a year.
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They were the leading center in islet transplantation.
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Older, traditional assays, or tests, determine risk for type 1 diabetes by identifying what are called islet cell antibodies.
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Older, traditional assays, or tests, determine risk for type 1 diabetes by identifying what are called islet cell antibodies.
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The glucose comes knocking, but even with the presence of insulin (the drawbridge is down), your cell (the castle) does not allow it to enter as it did in the past, which is referred to as islet cell exhaustion.
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The glucose comes knocking, but even with the presence of insulin (the drawbridge is down), your cell (the castle) does not allow it to enter as it did in the past, which is referred to as islet cell exhaustion.
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And his interest in islet transplantation goes back to when he was a medical student.
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When the king wanted to buy a certain islet in the lagoon from the chief priest, McAllister said no.
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