Disease of the pancreas caused by the infiltration of lymphocytes.
Example sentencesExamples
In this case, the subphenotype was insulitis, which turned out to be determined by one, but not the other, of the two new diabetes loci they had discovered.
The hallmark of type 1 diabetes is the selective destruction of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, or insulitis.
Definition of insulitis in US English:
insulitis
nounˌinsəˈlīdəs
Medicine
Disease of the pancreas caused by the infiltration of lymphocytes.
Example sentencesExamples
In this case, the subphenotype was insulitis, which turned out to be determined by one, but not the other, of the two new diabetes loci they had discovered.
The hallmark of type 1 diabetes is the selective destruction of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, or insulitis.