isophane

English

Etymology

From iso- (same) +‎ -phane (“appearing”).

Adjective

isophane (not comparable)

  1. (of a solution containing protamine and insulin) Being of a certain ratio of protamine to insulin.
    isophane insulin;   isophane insulin suspension

Noun

isophane (countable and uncountable, plural isophanes)

  2. (uncountable, medicine) Ellipsis of isophane insulin: one of various synthetic forms of insulin used to treat diabetes.
    Synonym: NPH
  4. (countable, meteorology) Synonym of isophene (“a line drawn on a map through points where a given seasonal biological event occurs on the same date”).
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