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somatostatin(SRIF, SS)  (so″mә-to-stat´in)   a hormone and neurotransmitter that inhibits the release of peptide hormones in many tissues. It is released by the hypothalamus to inhibit the release of growth hormone and thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary; it is also released by the delta cells of the islets of langerhans in the pancreas to inhibit the release of glucagon and insulin and by certain cells in the gastrointestinal tract.




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