insulinize

present singular third person insulinizes · participle present insulinizing · participle past insulinized · past insulinized

1. transitiveTo treat with insulin.

   One also has to be extremely careful not to over-insulinize a patient with too much basal insulin, which can lead to significant glycemic variability and hypoglycemia.

   2022, Boris Draznin, Diabetes in Practice: Case Studies with Commentary

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   The decrease in insulin binding with improved metabolic control may be a result of the peripheral hyperinsulinemia required to insulinize the liver effectively when insulin is administered by a peripheral route.

   1982, Willard Owen Thompson, The Year Book of Endocrinology, page 234

   by the principles of good preventive pediatrics make an early diagnosis of IDDM before complete beta-cell destruction has occurred; at the first evidence of sustained hyperglycemia, hospitalize the child, and initiate insulin therapy and adequately insulinize the child using the principles and dosages found in Chapters 5 and 6.

   1986, Robert L. Jackson, The Physiological Management of Diabetes in Children, page 312

   There is strong evidence suggesting that an oral insulin product would provide insulin in a more physiological manner, with a resultant decrease in peripheral insulin concentration and that it would more adequately insulinize the liver.

   2022, Dr. Roshi, Fundamentals of Drug Delivery Systems, page 127

   Synonyms: insulize