See Also: somatotropin release-inhibiting hormone(medicine)
somatotropin release-inhibiting factor(medicine)
msh release-inhibiting hormone(medicine)
prolactin release-inhibiting hormone(medicine)
pituitary hormone release inhibiting hormones(medicine)
decorous(dictionary)
decorous(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Somatotropin(health)
Somatotropin(medicine)

somatotropin release-inhibiting hormone (medicine) and decorous (iou)


somatotropin release-inhibiting hormone (medicine)


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somatostatin
<protein> Gastrointestinal and hypothalmic peptide hormone (two forms: 14 and 28 residues), found in gastric mucosa, pancreatic islets, nerves of the gastrointestinal tract, in posterior pituitary and in the central nervous system. Inhibits gastric secretion and motility: in hypothalamus/pituitary inhibits somatotropin release.


decorous (iou)



decorous adjective. M17.
[from Latin decorus + -OUS.]
Appropriate, seemly. M-L17.
Characterized by decorum; not violating good taste or propriety; dignified and decent. L17.
J. I. M. Stewart Junior Ministers..probably keep more..decorous company than writers do. I. McEwan Their greetings were intimate yet restrained, decorous.
? Pronunc. after Latin with stress on 2nd syll. was formerly common but is now old-fashioned.
decorously adverb in a decorous manner; with decorum: E19.
decorousness noun L17.