Examples of the former include antihypertensive agents and statins, and examples of the latter include steroids, antipsychotics and a range of immunosuppressive agents. There are also a number of known beta cell poisons including the insecticide Vacor, alloxan and streptozotocin.
Revel \Revel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reveledor Revelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Reveling or Revelling.] [OF. reveler to revolt, rebel, make merry, fr. L. rebellare. See Rebel.] 1. To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.
A revenant is a visible ghost or animated corpse that was believed to return from the grave to terrorize the living.The word revenant is derived from the Latin word, reveniens, returning (see also the related French verb revenir, meaning to come back).Vivid stories of revenants arose in Western Europe (especially Great Britain, and were later carried by Anglo-Norman invaders to Ireland) during the High Middle Ages.everal stories state that revenants drink blood. For example, in Historia rerum Anglicarum the corpse of one revenant is reported to have been found in the grave, swollen and suffused with blood. When it was pierced, a stream of blood flew out of the wound.