Term: insulin: hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: poorness: less than adequate
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: sillago: type genus of the Sillaginidae
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: gitano: a Spanish male Gypsy
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: tax haven: a country or independent region where taxes are low
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: tetra: brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: watercolor: a painting produced with watercolors
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: heresy: a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: salesperson: a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: leave: permission to do something
Broader: hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect | Unrelated: somatosense: any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain