regular insulin

English

Noun

regular insulin (countable and uncountable, plural regular insulins)

1. (medicine, pharmacology) A type of short-acting medical insulin.

   Synonyms: human insulin, neutral insulin, soluble insulin

   Hypernyms: insulin; insulin

   Coordinate terms: insulin analogue; insulin aspart, insulin degludec, insulin detemir, insulin glargine, insulin glulisine, insulin lispro; insulin