SOMATOSTATIN


Meaning of SOMATOSTATIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sō-ˌma-tə-ˈsta-t ə n ]

noun

Etymology: somat- + Latin stat us (past participle of sistere to halt, cause to stand) + English -in (I); akin to Latin stare to stand — more at stand

Date: 1973

: a polypeptide neurohormone that is found especially in the hypothalamus and inhibits the secretion of several other hormones (as growth hormone, insulin, and gastrin)

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