SOMATOSTATIN

[so.mato.stat.in] n [somat- + L status (pp. of sistere to halt, cause to stand) + E [1]-in; akin to L stare to stand--more at stand] (1973): a polypeptide neurohormone that is found esp. in the hypothalamus and inhibits the secretion of several other hormones (as growth hormone, insulin, and gastrin)