Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

somatostatinergic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: so-mato-statin-er-gic
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Produced or activated by a somatostatin.

Example Sentences

"TSH is as mentioned earlier pulsatile secreted and the TSH-releasing hormone from hypothalamus as well as dopaminergic and somatostatinergic mechanisms controls this secretion."

Etymology

From somatostatin + -ergic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: somatostatin

Questions

What does somatostatinergic mean?: Produced or activated by a somatostatin.
Where does somatostatinergic come from?: From somatostatin + -ergic.

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