isophane

== English == === Etymology === From iso- (same) +‎ -phane (“appearing”). === Adjective === isophane (not comparable) (of a solution containing protamine and insulin) Being of a certain ratio of protamine to insulin. isophane insulin;   isophane insulin suspension === Noun === isophane (countable and uncountable, plural isophanes) (uncountable, medicine) Ellipsis of isophane insulin: one of various synthetic forms of insulin used to treat diabetes. Synonym: NPH (countable, meteorology) Synonym of isophene (“a line drawn on a map through points where a given seasonal biological event occurs on the same date”).