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isle of skye | isle of wight | isle royal national park | isles of langerhans | isles of scilly | islet | islets of langerhans | ism | ismaelian | ismaelite | ismaili

islet

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Noun
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is=let

CIDE DICTIONARY

isletn. [OF. islette (cf. F. îlot), dim. of isle.].
     A little island.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

islet, n.
1 a small island.
2 Anat. a portion of tissue structurally distinct from surrounding tissues.
3 an isolated place.

Idiom
islets of Langerhans Physiol. groups of pancreatic cells secreting insulin and glucagon.
Etymology
OF, dimin. of isle ISLE

ROGET THESAURUS

islet

Island

N island, isle, islet, eyot, ait, holf, reef, atoll, breaker, archipelago, islander, insular, seagirt, archipelagic, Fluids in Motion.


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