somatostatin

[ suh-mat-uh-stat-n, soh-muh-tuh- ]
/ səˌmæt əˈstæt n, ˌsoʊ mə tə- /

noun Biochemistry.

a polypeptide hormone, produced in the brain and pancreas, that inhibits secretion of somatotropin from the hypothalamus and inhibits insulin production by the pancreas.

Origin of somatostatin

1973; somato(tropin) + stat-, extracted from deverbal derivatives of Latin stāre to stand, stop (cf. status) + -in2

British Dictionary definitions for somatostatin

somatostatin
/ (ˌsəʊmətəˈstætɪn) /

noun

a peptide hormone that prevents the release of growth hormone from the pituitary gland

Word Origin for somatostatin

C20: from somato- + -stat + -in

Medical definitions for somatostatin

somatostatin
[ sō-măt′ə-stătn, sō′mə-tə- ]

n.

A tetradecapeptide capable of inhibiting the release of somatotropin by the pituitary gland. somatotropin release-inhibiting factor

Scientific definitions for somatostatin

somatostatin
[ sō-măt′ə-stătn, sō′mə-tə- ]

A polypeptide produced by the hypothalamus and the pancreas. Somatostatin produced by the hypothalamus acts as a neurohormone that inhibits the secretion of other hormones, especially growth hormone and thyrotropin. Somatostatin secreted by the pancreas acts as a hormone that inhibits the secretion of the other pancreatic hormones, insulin and glucagon, and reduces the activity of the digestive system.