Etymology

insulitis

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Today it means: inflammation of the islands of Langerhans Full definition →

Latin insula
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed frominsula“island”
  2. English todayinsulitis

From Latin insula (“island”) + -itis.

Words from the same roots

Latininsula all →

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