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- 2. 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
- 4. a large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates, involved in many metabolic processes.
- 5. 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. a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.
- 3. the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body.
- 6. physical power; strength.