insulin lispro
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insulin lis·pro
(lĭs′prō′)n.
A rapid-acting insulin analog whose amino acid sequence differs from that of human insulin by a reversal in the order of lysine and proline in the B chain, used in the treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
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