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词根词缀:insulino-, insulin-, insula-, insulo-, insul-, isle

【来源及含义】Latin: island; derived from insul[a], "island" [used here in reference to the islands [islets] of Langerhans, irregular structures in the pancreas that produce the protein hormone insulin which is secreted into the blood where it regulates sugar metabolism]

【同源单词】aisle, circuminsular, ethological isolation, insular, insularism, insularity

词根词缀:-ism, -ismus

【来源及含义】Greek, ismos; Latin, ismus: a suffix: belief in, practice of, condition of, process, characteristic behavior or manner, abnormal state, distinctive feature or trait

【同源单词】abaptism, abolitionism, abortionism, abrakophilism, absenteeism, absolutism