humulin

1. 1.

   a form of insulin (trade name Humulin) made from recombinant DNA that is identical to human insulin; used to treat diabetics who are allergic to preparations made from beef or pork insulin

   Synonymsrecombinant human insulin

   Broaderinsulin

   trade name

Other forms of humulin

plural

humulins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about humulin

What does humulin mean?

humulin means "a form of insulin (trade name Humulin) made from recombinant DNA that is identical to human insulin; used to treat diabetics who are allergic to preparations made from beef or pork insulin".

How many syllables are in humulin?

humulin has 3 syllables: hu-mu-lin. The stress falls on "mu". In IPA it is /ˌhjuˈmjulɪn/.

What is another word for humulin?

Close synonyms include recombinant human insulin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is humulin a common word?

humulin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.