Diabetes

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  1. 3. a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.
  2. 7. any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose
  3. 8. a regulatory substance produced in an organism and transported in tissue fluids such as blood or sap to stimulate specific cells or tissues into action.
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  1. 1. a band or bundle of fibrous tissue in a human or animal body that has the ability to contract
  2. 2. a large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates, involved in many metabolic processes.
  3. 4. a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugar cane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as a sweetener in food and drink.
  4. 5. the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans
  5. 6. a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood. The lack of insulin causes a form of diabetes.