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leuenkephalin

leuenkephalin noun: an endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter found naturally in the brains of many animals, including humans; one of the two forms of enkephalin (the other being metenkephalin).

Noun

leuenkephalin (uncountable)

  1. An endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter found naturally in the brains of many animals, including humans; one of the two forms of enkephalin (the other being metenkephalin).
    • PRO, an endogenous opioid itself, is also the precursor of the opiate neuropeptides metenkephalin and leuenkephalin.2007 December 11, Craig Howard Kinsley, Massimo Bardi, Kate Karelina, Brandi Rima, Lillian Christon, Julia Friedenberg, Garrett Griffin, “Motherhood Induces and Maintains Behavioral and Neural...

Forms of leuenkephalin

alternative formleu-enkephalin

Origin of leuenkephalin

From Leu + enkephalin.

Questions about leuenkephalin

What does leuenkephalin mean?
Leuenkephalin means an endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter found naturally in the brains of many animals, including humans; one of the two forms of enkephalin (the other being metenkephalin).
What part of speech is leuenkephalin?
Leuenkephalin is a noun.

Words near leuenkephalin in the dictionary

  1. leucæmia
  2. leud
  3. Leudal
  4. leudes
  5. leuds
  6. leuenkephalin
  7. Leugers
  8. Leugerses
  9. Leuk
  10. leuk-
  11. Leukadia

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