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diabetes	any of several metabolic diseases affecting the body's use of blood sugars or the intake and excretion of fluids, such as diabetes mellitus, which requires periodic injections of insulin.
diabetes mellitus	a chronic and potentially fatal form of diabetes characterized by insulin deficiency, excess sugar in the blood and urine, and abnormal thirst and hunger.
insulin shock	hypoglycemia caused by excessive insulin in the blood, and characterized by shakiness, cold sweat, convulsions, and eventually coma.
islet of Langerhans	an irregular mass of endocrine cells in the pancreas that secretes insulin.
pancreas	a gland located near the stomach that secretes a digestive juice into the intestine and insulin into the blood.
somatostatin	a hormone produced in the pancreas and brain, or made synthetically, that inhibits the release of somatotropin and insulin, and is used to treat diabetes.

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