different between inhibit vs somatostatin

English

Etymology

From Latin inhibitus, perfect passive participle of inhibe? (“I hold in, check, restrain”), from in (“in, at, on”), + habe? (“I have, hold, keep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?h?b?t/
• Rhymes: -?b?t

Verb

inhibit (third-person singular simple present inhibits, present participle inhibiting, simple past and past participle inhibited)

1. (transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hinder

2. (Philippines) To recuse.

Derived terms

• disinhibit

Related terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin inhibitus, perfect passive participle of inhibe? (“I hold in, check, restrain”), from in (“in, at, on”), + habe? (“I have, hold, keep”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.i?bit/
• Rhymes: -it

Verb

inhibit m (feminine inhibida, masculine plural inhibits, feminine plural inhibides)

1. past participle of inhibir

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (sôma) + statin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??.m?t.?(?)?stæt.?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /so??mæt.??stæt.?n/
• Rhymes: -æt?n, -æt?n

Noun

somatostatin (countable and uncountable, plural somatostatins)

1. (biochemistry) A cyclopeptide hormone, secreted by the pancreas, that inhibits the production of certain other hormones

Synonyms

• growth hormone-inhibiting hormone, GHIH

References

• “somatostatin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “somatostatin”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).