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
Words nearby somatostatin
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-stăt′n, 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-stăt′n, 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.