ISLET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does islet mean? 

• ISLET (noun)
  The noun ISLET has 1 sense:

1. a small island

  Familiarity information: ISLET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISLET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small island

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

isle; islet

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Instance hyponyms:

Perejil (a small uninhabited Mediterranean islet claimed by both Morocco and Spain)

Isle of Wight; Wight (an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel)

Derivation:

isle (a small island)

 Context examples 

A rare cancer that forms in islet cells (hormone-making cells) of the pancreas.

(Islet cell carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)

A benign neoplasm arising from the islet cells of the pancreas.

(Islet Cell Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of islet cell 512 antigen present in a sample.

(Islet Cell 512 Antigen Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called endocrine pancreas cell and islet of Langerhans cell.

(Islet cell, NCI Dictionary)

The determination of the amount of islet cell 512 antibody present in a sample.

(Islet Cell 512 Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the islet cell 512 antibody in a biological specimen.

(Islet Cell 512 Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Islets are cells found in clusters throughout the pancreas.

(Islet Cell Transplantation, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Also called islet cell tumor and pancreatic endocrine tumor.

(Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, NCI Dictionary)

A lack of pancreatic polypeptide in the islets of Langerhans has been associated with the obese syndrome in rats and mice.

(Pancreatic polypeptide, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Some activate pancreatic islets, others inhibit the adenylate cyclase cascade and some cause lymphocytosis.

(Pertussis Toxin, NCI Thesaurus)