lenten.
/ˈlɛnti/ Medicine and Biochemistry.
A substance, esp. insulin, that is metabolized or absorbed only gradually when introduced into the body. Frequently attributive. Cf. Ultralente n.Proprietary in the U.S. ( Lente) when applied to insulin.
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1953 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 31 Jan. 243/1 The action of amorphous insulin is shorter than that of crystalline, the larger the size of the crystal the greater being the length of activity. Three such insulins have been produced and given the names of ‘semi-lente’, ‘lente’, and ‘ultra-lente’, the first having the shortest and the last the longest range of activity, lente being intermediate in duration.
1959 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 7 July tm11/1 Novo Terapeutisk Laboratorium A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark... Lente..For preparation for the treatment of diabetes.
1977 Lancet 12 Nov. 1028/2 By the beginning of 1977 lente insulin 52 I.U. subcutaneously provided fair diabetic control.
1981 D. J. A. Jenkins in Turner & Thomas Nutrition & Diabetes iv. 38 The viscous or gel-forming dietary fibres provide a means by which any carbohydrate can be turned into ‘lente’ or slow-release carbohydrate.
1987 Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 10/3 The dried pulses and beans and pearl barley that..are the mainstay of soups and stews which ‘stick to your ribs’ are what is now known as ‘lente carbohydrates’: they digest slowly.
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