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endorphins

endorphins is the plural of endorphin.

Meaning of endorphin

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

Questions about endorphins

What is endorphins the plural of?
Endorphins is the plural of endorphin.

Words near endorphins in the dictionary

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

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