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PRONUNCIATION OF ISLANDS OF LANGERHANS

islands of Langerhans  [ˈaɪləndz əv ˈlæŋəˌhæns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ISLANDS OF LANGERHANS

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Islands of Langerhans is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ISLANDS OF LANGERHANS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

islands of Langerhans

Islets of Langerhans

The islets of Langerhans are the regions of the pancreas that contain its endocrine cells. Discovered in 1869 by German pathological anatomist Paul Langerhans, the islets of Langerhans constitute approximately 1% to 2% of the mass of the pancreas.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ISLANDS OF LANGERHANS


askance
əˈskæns
bromance
ˈbrəʊmæns
calavance
ˈkæləˌvæns
cancrizans
ˈkænkrɪˌzæns
circumstances
ˈsɜːkəmstæns
cofinance
kəʊfaɪˈnæns
expanse
ɪkˈspæns
finance
fɪˈnæns
hance
hæns
Hanse
hæns
happenstance
ˈhæpənˌstæns
manse
mæns
nance
næns
Penzance
pɛnˈzæns
prefinance
ˌpriːfɪˈnæns
refinance
ˌriːfaɪˈnæns
romance
rəˈmæns
stance
stæns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ISLANDS OF LANGERHANS

island
island arc
island grey fox
island nation
island of Reil
island universe
island-hopping
island-like
islander
Islands
islands council
Islands of the Blessed
Islas Malvinas
Islay
isle

WORDS THAT END LIKE ISLANDS OF LANGERHANS

Afrikaans
Balkans
bans
blue jeans
by all means
by no means
cans
Corinthians
dedans
Evans
islets of Langerhans
jeans
kans
Le Mans
means
New Orleans
Romans
sans
shenanigans
Tans

Synonyms and antonyms of islands of Langerhans in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «islands of Langerhans» into 25 languages

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The translations of islands of Langerhans from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «islands of Langerhans» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

郎格罕氏岛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

islas de Langerhans
570 millions of speakers

English

islands of Langerhans
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लैंगरहैंस के द्वीपों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جزر لانجرهانز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

островки Лангерганса
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ilhotas de Langerhans
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ল্যাঙ্গারহান দ্বীপপুঞ্জের দ্বীপসমূহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

îles de Langerhans
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pulau-pulau Langerhans
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Langerhansschen Inseln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ランゲルハンス島
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

랑게르한스 섬
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pulo ing Langerhans
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đảo Langerhans
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லேன்ஜெர்கானின் தீவுகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लॅंगेरहन्स बेटे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Langerhans adaları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

isole di Langerhans
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyspy Langerhansa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

острівці Лангерганса
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

insulele Langerhans
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νησιά του Langerhans
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eilande van Langerhans
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

öar av Langerhans
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

øyer av Langerhans
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ISLANDS OF LANGERHANS»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ISLANDS OF LANGERHANS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about islands of Langerhans

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ISLANDS OF LANGERHANS»

Discover the use of islands of Langerhans in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to islands of Langerhans and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Proceedings of Meetings of the New York Pathological Society
Interacinar pancreatitis, sclerosis of islands of Langerhans 39 Interlobular pancreatitis, sclerosis of islands of Langerhans 4 Interacinar pancreatitis, hyaline degeneration of islands of Langerhans ig Interacinar pancreatitis with lipomatosis ; ...
New York Pathological Society, 1907
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The Journal of Experimental Medicine
panied by diabetes occurs as the result of occlusion of the pancreatic duct in man . A number of observers believe that the islands of Langerhans are phases in the life history of the secreting alveoli, and are not independent structures.
‎1909
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Sajous's Analytic Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine
His findings did not agree, however, with those of Opie, Massari, and others, who claimed that the characteristic changes in the pancreas of diabetics were found in the islands of Langerhans. He admits having found the changes in the latter ...
Charles Eucharist de Medicis Sajous, Louis Theo de Médicis Sajous, 1913
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Proceedings of the New York Pathological Society
Interacinar pancreatitis, sclerosis of islands of Langerhans 39 Interlobular pancreatitis, sclerosis of islands of Langerhans 4 Interacinar pancreatitis, hyaline degeneration of islands of Langerhans 19 Interacinar pancreatitis with lipomatosis; ...
New York Pathological Society, 1908
5
Physician and Surgeon: A Professional Medical Journal
Interacinar pancreatitis with siderosis of the islands of Langerhans ( hemochromatosis) 2 (2) Parenchyma normal; lesions of the islands of Langerhans Sclerosis of the islands of Langerhans 4 Hyaline degeneration of the islands of Langerhans ...
‎1909
6
Medical and Surgical Report of the Presbyterian Hospital in ...
The peculiar structure and blood supply of the islands of Langerhans and the characteristic staining reactions which Lane31 has demonstrated, furnish strong evidence in favor of their independence. In the present study of the pancreas from ...
Presbyterian Hospital (New York, N.Y.), 1908
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The Journal of the Michigan State Medical Society
The Relation of the Islands of Langerhans to Diseases of the Liver, with Special Reference to Carbohydrate Metabolism. — Conclusions: 1. Diseases of the liver are generally accompanied by an enlargement of the islands of Langerhans, ...
‎1905
8
International Record of Medicine and General Practice Clinics
Ohlmacher concludes his contribution upon this subject in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences, for August, I904, as follows: I. Diseases of the liver are generally accompanied by an enlargement of the islands of Langerhans, which is  ...
Frank Pierce Foster, 1904
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The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
in the urine, food richer and richer in carbohydrates may gradually be given until he is able to assume his natural diet. One may assume that during the process of dieting the healthy islands of Langerhans have undergone a sufficient ...
‎1904
10
New England Medical Monthly
The fact that the liver and the islands of Langerhans have been shown to possess properties which aid in governing the carbohydrate metabolism suggests that it is the limitation of this function in the liver which is being compensated by the ...
‎1905

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ISLANDS OF LANGERHANS»

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A sweet discovery takes shape in Jerusalem
... an autoimmune condition in which the islands of Langerhans in the pancreas were destroyed by the body, and that was inevitably fatal. «Jerusalem Post, Jan 14»

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