Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - somatosensory

 adjective  Date: 1952 of, relating to, or being sensory activity having its origin elsewhere than in the special sense organs (as eyes and ears) and conveying information about the state of the body proper and its immediate environment; also relating to or being either of two regions in the parietal lobe that receive and process ~ stimuli SOMATOSTATIN  noun  Etymology: somat- + Latin status (past participle of sistere to halt, cause to stand) + English 1-in; akin to Latin stare to stand — more at stand  Date: 1973 a polypeptide neurohormone that is found especially in the hypothalamus and inhibits the secretion of several other hormones (as growth hormone, insulin, and gastrin)