Taber's Medical Dictionary
C-peptide
A peptide released by beta cells of the pancreas when insulin is made. People with type 1 diabetes mellitus secrete little or no insulin. Accordingly, their levels of C-peptide are low. In type 2 diabetes mellitus C-peptide levels are not reduced.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "C-peptide." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/775978/all/C_peptide.
C-peptide. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/775978/all/C_peptide. Accessed April 15, 2025.
C-peptide. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/775978/all/C_peptide
C-peptide [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 15]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/775978/all/C_peptide.
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