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is⋅let of Lang⋅er⋅hans

   [lahng-er-hahns, -hahnz, lahng-ger-]
–noun Anatomy.
any of several masses of endocrine cells in the pancreas that secrete insulin, somatostatin, and glucagon.
Also called island of Langerhans.

Origin:
named after Paul Langerhans (1847–88), German anatomist, who described them in 1869
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