octreotide

== English == === Etymology === From [Term?] +‎ -reotide (“somatostatin receptor agonist/antagonist”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === octreotide (uncountable) (pharmacology) An octapeptide that mimics natural somatostatin pharmacologically, though it is a more potent inhibitor of growth hormone, glucagon and insulin than the natural hormone.