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somatostatin

/soʊˌmæt.əˈstæt.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables
so-mato-statin
IPA
/soʊˌmæt.əˈstæt.ən/
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cyclopeptide hormone, secreted by the pancreas, that inhibits the production of certain other hormones

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From somato- + -statin. 1970s.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /soʊˌmæt.əˈstæt.ən/
  • British English: /ˌsəʊ.mət.ə(ʊ)ˈstæt.ɪn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

somatostatins (plural)

Derived Forms

prosomatostatin somatostatinergic somatostatinoma

Synonyms

growth hormone-inhibiting hormone GHIH

Rhymes With

latin satin lovastatin pravastatin sattin baton flatten hatton batten fatten platen simvastatin

Questions

How do you pronounce somatostatin?
The recorded pronunciation is /soʊˌmæt.əˈstæt.ən/.
What does somatostatin mean?
A cyclopeptide hormone, secreted by the pancreas, that inhibits the production of certain other hormones
Where does somatostatin come from?
From somato- + -statin. 1970s.

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