islet
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of islet
From the Middle French word islette, dating back to 1530–40. See isle, -et
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Along with another islet, Siri, "these islands have been fortified, turned into mini-fortresses with anti-ship missiles", Pierre Razoux from the France-based Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Studies told AFP recently.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
To address this shortage, the research team is producing its own stem cell derived islet cells in the laboratory.
From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026
First, islet transplants depend on donor tissue, and there are not enough beta cells available.
From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026
In the latest study, the team set out to solve a more difficult challenge: preventing or curing diabetes driven by autoimmunity, where the immune system spontaneously targets and kills the body's own islet cells.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025
A big white swan full of little children approached my bench, then turned around a bosky islet covered with ducks and paddled back under the dark arch of the bridge.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
