An islet is a small piece of land in the middle of a body of water, such as a lake or sea. It is usually smaller than an island and often has plants or animals living on it. Full definition
The unique approach of our lab in tackling these tasks is the study of islet of Langerhans mass and function under most physiological conditions. (dresden-ipp.de)
This is in contrast to diabetes mellitus type 1, in which there is an absolute insulin deficiency due to destruction of islet cells in the pancreas. (termlife2go.com)
Vanderbilt University, «Improving isolation of pancreatic islets in T1D to assess alpha cell function and gene expression,» led by Drs. Al Powers and David Harlan (University of Massachusetts Medical School) (helmsleytrust.org)