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endorphin

/ɛnˈdɔːfɪn/US/ɛnˈdɔ(ɹ)fɪn/

endorphin noun: any of a group of peptide hormones found in the mammalian brain that act as neurotransmitters and have properties similar to morphine.

Noun

endorphin (plural endorphins)

  1. Any of a group of peptide hormones found in the mammalian brain that act as neurotransmitters and have properties similar to morphine.
    • The explanation for the depression-reducing effects of exercise that clearly has been the most popular with the media is the endorphin hypothesis (see Hoffmann, 1997), which has also been discussed as a possible explanation in nearly every exercise-depression literature review.2019, Curt L. Lox, Kathleen A. Martin Ginis, Heather L. Gainforth, Steven J. Petruzzello, The Psychology of Exercise: Integrating Theory and Practice, Routledge, →ISBN

endorphin meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Indonesian and Vietnamese

endorphin in Tamil

உட்சுரப்பி வலிப்போக்கி

endorphin in Arabic

any of a group of peptide hormones
إِنْدُورْفِين ʔindūrfīn

endorphin in Indonesian

any of a group of peptide hormones
endorfin

endorphin in Vietnamese

any of a group of peptide hormones
endorphin

Forms of endorphin

pluralendorphins

Origin of endorphin

Borrowed from French endorphine, from endo(gène) (“endogenous, produced within”) and morphine.

Words formed from endorphin

Questions about endorphin

What does endorphin mean?
Endorphin means any of a group of peptide hormones found in the mammalian brain that act as neurotransmitters and have properties similar to morphine.
What is endorphin in Tamil?
Endorphin in Tamil is உட்சுரப்பி வலிப்போக்கி. See Endorphin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is endorphin?
Endorphin is a noun.
How do you pronounce endorphin?
Endorphin is pronounced /ɛnˈdɔːfɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of endorphin?
The plural of endorphin is endorphins.

Words near endorphin in the dictionary

  1. endornaviral
  2. endornavirus
  3. endornaviruses
  4. endorotation
  5. endorotations
  6. endorphin
  7. endorphinergic
  8. endorphins
  9. endorreic
  10. endorrhoeic
  11. endorsability

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Adapted from Wiktionary: endorphin (page history and authors); endorphin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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