Examples of islet in a Sentence
landed the boat on a tiny islet that we had all to ourselves
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In Santorini, the adults-only boutique hotel the Duchess is scheduled to open in the fall on the tiny Thirassia islet, away from the caldera cliffside throngs.
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Helen Iatrou, AFAR Media, 29 May 2025
Currently, the common approach to islet transplantation involves injecting islets extracted from a donor pancreas into the hepatic portal vein, typically via a thin needle inserted into the liver through the skin.
—Paul McClure 23, New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2025
Halong Bay is a popular tourist hotspot and a UNESCO world heritage site comprising about 1,600 limestone islands and islets.
—Eve Brennan, CNN Money, 20 July 2025
The researchers fed mice a high-fat Western diet (WD) to mimic obesity and studied the changes that occurred in the pancreatic islet blood vessels over time.
—New Atlas, 21 June 2025
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Helen Iatrou, AFAR Media, 29 May 2025
Currently, the common approach to islet transplantation involves injecting islets extracted from a donor pancreas into the hepatic portal vein, typically via a thin needle inserted into the liver through the skin.
—Paul McClure 23, New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2025
Halong Bay is a popular tourist hotspot and a UNESCO world heritage site comprising about 1,600 limestone islands and islets.
—Eve Brennan, CNN Money, 20 July 2025
The researchers fed mice a high-fat Western diet (WD) to mimic obesity and studied the changes that occurred in the pancreatic islet blood vessels over time.
—New Atlas, 21 June 2025
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“Islet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/islet. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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islet
noun
is·let
ˈī-lət 
1
: a little island
Medical Definition
islet
noun
is·let
ˈī-lət
: a small isolated mass of one type of tissue within a different type
specifically
: islet of langerhans
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