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islet

[ahy-lit] / ˈaɪ lɪt /
NOUN
cay
Synonyms
STRONG
WEAK




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Along with another islet, Siri, "these islands have been fortified, turned into mini-fortresses with anti-ship missiles", Pierre Razoux from the France-based Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Studies told AFP recently.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

In a separate group of animals with long-standing Type 1 diabetes, nine out of nine were cured after receiving the combined blood stem cell and islet cell transplant.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

It is also uncertain whether the number of islet cells typically recovered from a single donor would always be sufficient to reverse established Type 1 diabetes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

In this disease, the body's own immune defenses mistakenly attack and destroy the insulin-producing islet cells in the pancreas.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

The islet and cliff top looked bare and lonely.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook