nesidioblastosis
/nɪˌsɪdɪə(ʊ)blasˈtəʊsɪs/Medicine
noun
A rare condition caused by the excessive proliferation of nesidioblast cells in the islets of Langerhans (though not forming a discrete tumour), most cases of which are found as a developmental abnormality in infants, and result in hyperinsulinaemia and hypoglycaemia.
Origin
1930s. From nesidioblast + -osis.
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