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Common background elements occur in both Island and Brave New World, used for good in the former and for ill in the latter. Such elements include: Island explores many of the themes and ideas that interested Huxley in the Post World War II decades, and were the subject of many of his nonfiction books of essays, Including Brave New World Revisited, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, The Doors of Perception, and The Perennial Philosophy. ...
Ãâó: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_(novel)
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| islet cell |
A pancreatic cell that produces hormones (eg, insulin and glucagon) that are secreted into the bloodstream. These hormones help control the level of glucose (sugar) in the blood. Also called an endocrine pancreas cell and an islet of Langerhans cell.
Ãâó: www.stjude.org/glossary
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| island |
when the leaf oil glands occur within the smallest unreticulated areas (areole) of the leaf
Ãâó: www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/Euclid/sample/html/gl...
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| islets of Langerhans |
Normal hormonprocucing cells in the pancreas, producing ao insulin.
Ãâó: www.gastrolab.net/dictei.htm
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| islets of Langerhans |
(EYE-lets of lANG-er-hanz): Hormone-producing cells in the pancreas.
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