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somatostatinergic

somatostatinergic adjective: produced or activated by a somatostatin.

Adjective

somatostatinergic (not comparable)

  1. Produced or activated by a somatostatin.
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Origin of somatostatinergic

From somatostatin + -ergic.

Questions about somatostatinergic

What does somatostatinergic mean?
Somatostatinergic means produced or activated by a somatostatin.
What part of speech is somatostatinergic?
Somatostatinergic is an adjective.

Words near somatostatinergic in the dictionary

  1. somatosounds
  2. somatospatial
  3. somatosplanchnic
  4. somatostain
  5. somatostatin
  6. somatostatinergic
  7. somatostatinoma
  8. somatostatinomas
  9. somatostatins
  10. somatosympathetic
  11. somatotherapeutic

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