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Pronunciation / Transliteration: yí dǎo sù jié kàng jì
"生长激素是一种重要的胰岛素拮抗剂。"
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A hormone, drug, or substance that counteracts or inhibits the physiological action of insulin, typically leading to increased blood glucose levels.
"Growth hormone acts as an insulin-antagonist by reducing peripheral glucose uptake."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a modern scientific compound combining 'insulin' (derived from Latin 'insula' meaning 'island', referring to the islets of Langerhans, coined in the early 20th century) with 'antagonist' (derived from Greek 'antagonistes', meaning 'competitor' or 'opponent'). Established in biochemical and endocrinological literature during the mid-20th century to describe hormones or substances that counteract the physiological effects of insulin.
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antagoniste de l'insuline
Transliteration: /ɑ̃.ta.ɡɔ.nist də l‿ɛ̃.sy.lin/
"Le cortisol agit comme un antagoniste de l'insuline dans l'organisme."
Insulinantagonist
Transliteration: /ɪnzuˈliːnantakɔn.aˌstɪst/
"Bestimmte Hormone wirken im Körper als Insulinantagonisten."
insulino-antagonista
Transliteration: /in.suˈli.no an.ta.ɡoˈnis.ta/
"Il glucagone è considerato un ormone insulino-antagonista."
antagonista de la insulina
Transliteration: /an.ta.ɣoˈnis.ta de la in.suˈli.na/
"La hormona de crecimiento funciona como un antagonista de la insulina."
antagonista da insulina
Transliteration: /ɐ̃.tɐ.ɡuˈniʃ.tɐ dɐ ĩ.suˈli.nɐ/
"O estresse libera substâncias que atuam como antagonistas da insulina."
इंसुलिन-विरोधी
Transliteration: insulin-virodhi
"कुछ हॉर्मोन शरीर में इंसुलिन-विरोधी के रूप में काम करते हैं।"
胰岛素拮抗剂
Transliteration: yí dǎo sù jié kàng jì
"生长激素是一种重要的胰岛素拮抗剂。"
인슐린 길항제
Transliteration: insullin gilhangje
"코르티솔은 신체에서 인슐린 길항제 역할을 합니다."
インスリン拮抗物質
Transliteration: insurin kikkō busshitsu
"いくつかのホルモンはインスリン拮抗物質として働きます。"
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