insulin pen
Portable hormone syringe
An insulin pen is a device for injecting insulin, shaped like a large pen with a replaceable needle at one end and a dial to set the dose.
Diabetics use insulin pens as a more convenient alternative to syringes and vials: She keeps an insulin pen in her purse for meals out.
Some pens are disposable; others accept replaceable cartridges.
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- injectionSyringe-delivered dose
- injection siteWhere medicine enters body
- diabetesMetabolic disorder affecting glucose
- type 1 diabetesAutoimmune insulin deficiency disease
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