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adrenorphin

adrenorphin noun: an endogenous, C-terminally amidated, opioid octapeptide, produced from proteolytic cleavage of proenkephalin A and widely distributed throughout the mammalian brain.

Noun

adrenorphin (uncountable)

  1. An endogenous, C-terminally amidated, opioid octapeptide, produced from proteolytic cleavage of proenkephalin A and widely distributed throughout the mammalian brain.
    Synonyms:
    metorphamide

Synonyms of adrenorphin

Questions about adrenorphin

What does adrenorphin mean?
Adrenorphin means an endogenous, C-terminally amidated, opioid octapeptide, produced from proteolytic cleavage of proenkephalin A and widely distributed throughout the mammalian brain.
What part of speech is adrenorphin?
Adrenorphin is a noun.

Words near adrenorphin in the dictionary

  1. adrenopathy
  2. adrenoreactive
  3. adrenoreactivity
  4. adrenoreceptor
  5. adrenoreceptors
  6. adrenorphin
  7. adrenostatic
  8. adrenosterone
  9. adrenotoxic
  10. adrenotrophic
  11. adrenotropic

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