noun, Biochemistry. 1. a pigment containing melanin, found in bird feathers. Origin of eumelanin. eu- + melanin.
1 In the United States, rapid-acting insulin, Lyspro (humalog) is mixed with NPH in a 50:50 (50% NPH and 50% insulin Lyspro) and 75:25 (75% NPH and 25% insulin Lyspro) ratio.  Insulin/Aspart (Novolog) combinations also are available as 70:30 mixtures (70% NPH, 30% insulin aspart).
Injecting the insulin. 1  Do not mix Levemir with other insulins. 2  Ask your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist to show you how to draw your dose of insulin into a syringe and inject it, or select the dose on a pen device and inject the insulin. 3  Do not use Levemir with an external insulin pump.