An ultralong-acting basal insulin analogue used to control diabetes.

(endocrinology) A pathological condition in which cells fail to respond normally to the hormone insulin.

plural of insulin analogue

Any of several molecular analogues of endogenous insulin with similar insulin receptor ligand activity but suitable for differing time spans of bioavailability and action; produced recombinantly and used as medications in treating diabetes; often metonymically just called insulin, the molecular modifications notwithstanding.

plural of insulin shock therapy

(medicine, psychiatry, dated) An outdated type of shock therapy effected by means of injecting an overdose of insulin.

plural of insulinemia

(medicine) An abnormally high level of insulin in the blood

(medicine, oncology) A tumour of the pancreas that secretes insulin.

Resembling insulin or some aspect of it.